CVE-2021-38900
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0...
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0 and 21.0 could allow a privileged user to obtain highly sensitive information due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 209607.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0 and 21.0 could allow a privileged user to obtain highly sensitive information due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 209607.
- Record
CVE-2021-38900- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/PR:H/I:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25337
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0 and 21.0 could allow a privileged user to obtain highly sensitive information due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 209607.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25337- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/PR:H/I:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-88fr-hq55-5pw4
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0...
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0 and 21.0 could allow a privileged user to obtain highly sensitive information due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 209607.
- Record
GHSA-88fr-hq55-5pw4- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0 and 21.0 could allow a privileged user to obtain highly sensitive information due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 209607.
- Record
CVE-2021-38900- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38900 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Ibm Business Automation Workflow, published December 21, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.