Privileged information disclosure via missing authorization checks
Published Dec 21, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Incorrect authorization in IBM Business Automation Workflow allows remote authenticated users to read highly sensitive information through its admin console. The Process Admin Console omits expected authorization checks when serving protected information in affected traditional and Cloud Pak deployments. Affected families include Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.2; high-privilege network access is required.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in IBM Business Automation Workflow allows remote authenticated users to read highly sensitive information through its admin console. The Process Admin Console omits expected authorization checks when serving protected information in affected traditional and Cloud Pak deployments. Affected families include Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.2; high-privilege network access is required.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-38900
- Published
- Dec 21, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- Business Automation Workflow
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 21, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=18.0.0.0
- Affected versionversion=18.0.0.1
- Affected versionversion=18.0.0.2
- Affected versionversion=19.0.0.1
- Affected versionversion=19.0.0.2
- Affected versionversion=19.0.0.3
- Affected versionversion=20.0.0.1
- Affected versionversion=20.0.0.2
- Affected versionversion=21.0.2
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