CVE-2021-38900 (GCVE-0-2021-38900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-21 19:10 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:40
VLAI
Summary
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.
CWE
  • Obtain Information
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Business Automation Workflow Affected: 18.0.0.0
Affected: 18.0.0.1
Affected: 18.0.0.2
Affected: 19.0.0.1
Affected: 19.0.0.2
Affected: 19.0.0.3
Affected: 20.0.0.1
Affected: 20.0.0.2
Affected: 21.0.2
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IBM Cloud Pak for Automation Affected: 21.0.2
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Date Public
2021-12-20 00:00
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