CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-29753

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Nov 05, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Business Automation Workflow 18. 19, 20, 21, and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and d8.6 transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Business_automation_workflow Ibm 18.0.0.0 (including) 18.0.0.0 (including)
Business_automation_workflow Ibm 19.0.0.0 (including) 19.0.0.0 (including)
Business_automation_workflow Ibm 20.0.0.0 (including) 20.0.0.0 (including)
Business_automation_workflow Ibm 21.0.0.0 (including) 21.0.0.0 (including)
Business_process_manager Ibm 8.5.0.0 (including) 8.5.0.0 (including)
Business_process_manager Ibm 8.6.0.0 (including) 8.6.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References