CVE-2021-39046
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5...
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 214346.
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 Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 214346.
- Record
CVE-2021-39046- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:H/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/A:N/UI:N/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25483
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 214346.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25483- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:H/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/A:N/UI:N/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r6rq-vwqp-j4p3
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5...
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 214346.
- Record
GHSA-r6rq-vwqp-j4p3- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 214346.
- Record
CVE-2021-39046- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 - Weakness
- CWE-522
- 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-2021-39046 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Ibm Business Automation Workflow, published March 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.93%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.