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CVE-2022-43573· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

IBM Robotic Process Automation information disclosure

IBM Robotic Process Automation 20.12 through 21.0.6 is vulnerable to exposure of the name and email for the creator/modifier of platform level objects. IBM X-Force ID: 238678.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 5, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 39th percentile
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.3
CNA · ibm
3.1
2.2 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmrobotic process automation
ibmrobotic process automation as a service
ibmrobotic process automation for cloud pak
redhatopenshift
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm robotic process automationbefore 21.0.7
  • ibm robotic process automation as a servicebefore 21.0.7
  • ibm robotic process automation for cloud pakbefore 21.0.7

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • IBM Robotic Process Automation

    • 20.12 and later · before 21.0.6affected · semver

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-43058IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-38734IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2022-22413IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0, 21.0.1, and 21.0.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-22593IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak security configuration
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2022-43574"IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.1, 21.0.2, 21.0.3, 21.0.4, and 21.0.5 is vulnerable to incorrect permission assignment which could allo
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2022-39168IBM Robotic Process Automation Clients are vulnerable to proxy credentials being exposed in upgrade logs.
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
IBM Robotic Process Automation21.0.6Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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