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CVE-2016-7043

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-260

Description

It has been reported that KIE server and Busitess Central before version 7.21.0.Final contain username and password as plaintext Java properties. Any app deployed on the same server would have access to these properties, thus granting access to ther services.

Affected products

• kie-server: before 7.21.0 — fixed in 7.21.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: kie-server 7.21.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7043
• https://github.com/kiegroup/droolsjbpm-integration/pull/1273
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7043
• https://github.com/kiegroup/droolsjbpm-integration/pull/1273

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