CVE-2021-39046
mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.93% (60th) EPSS
CVSS 4 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
4.9
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6
v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (23)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- ibm business automation workflow= 18.0.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 18.0.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 18.0.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 19.0.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 19.0.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 19.0.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 20.0.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 20.0.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-39046/cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214346cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6564387cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214346enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6564387enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214346VDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6564387PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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