VDB-404438 · CVE-2026-12742 · GCVE-0-2026-12742

IBM Business Automation Workflow improper authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Business Automation Workflow. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-12742. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Business Automation Workflow (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Business Automation Workflow containers and traditional could allow an authenticated attacker to trigger restricted import actions due to missing authorization controls.

The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-12742 since 06/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Automation Software

Vendor

Name

Business Automation Workflow

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authorization
CWE: CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/19/2026 CVE reserved
09/15/2026 +88 days Advisory disclosed
09/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-12742 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12742
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-404438

Entryinfo

Created: 09/15/2026 20:13
Changes: 09/15/2026 20:13 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103