Security Bulletin: Information disclosure vulnerability affects IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) - CVE-CVE-2021-39046

Summary

IBM Business Process Manager and IBM Business Automation Workflow are vulnerable to an information disclosure attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-39046
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Business Automation Workflow stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user.
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214346 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR64280 as soon as practical:

• IBM Business Automation Workflow (including fix for IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 2018.03)
• IBM Business Process Manager Advanced
• IBM Business Process Manager Standard
• IBM Business Process Manager Express

For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0, V19.0, V20.0, and V21.0
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR64280
--OR–
· Apply cumulative fix Business Automation Workflow V21.0.3 or later

For IBM Business Process Manager V8.6
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR64280
--OR–
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V21.0.3 or later

For IBM BPM V8.5
· Upgrade to IBM BPM V8.5.7, apply Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and then apply iFix JR64280
--OR–
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V21.0.3 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None