Executive brief
IBM Business Automation Workflow, a platform used to automate business processes and manage case workflows, is susceptible to an information disclosure vulnerability. The system may include sensitive details about its internal database structure within error messages shown to users. While this does not directly allow an attacker to steal data, it provides technical blueprints that could be used to plan more sophisticated attacks against the organization's data infrastructure.
Technical details
IBM Business Automation Workflow (both containerized and traditional deployments) is vulnerable to information exposure through error messages (CWE-209). When the application encounters certain error conditions, it may return verbose technical details that reveal the underlying database schema or structure. This information leakage is typically triggered by malformed requests or unexpected server-side states. An attacker can leverage this metadata to gain insights into the backend architecture, potentially facilitating subsequent SQL injection or other data-targeted attacks. The vulnerability is addressed in the IBM Business Automation Workflow cumulative fixes for April 2026.
Affected products
- IBM Business Automation Workflow Containers and Traditional
Timeline
- 2026-05-27: advisory: NVD publication date
- 2026-04-01: patched: Addressed in April 2026 cumulative fixes