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CVE-2019-8990: TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Fails To Properly Enforce Authentication

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The HTTP Connector component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows unauthenticated HTTP requests to be processed by the BusinessWorks engine even when authentication is required. This possibility is restricted to circumstances where HTTP "Basic Authentication" policy is used in conjunction with an XML Authentication resource. The BusinessWorks engine might instead use credentials from a prior HTTP request for authorization purposes. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks: versions up to and including 6.4.2.

Affected products

• TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks: through 6.4.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107840
• http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
• https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/04/tibco-security-advisory-april-9-2019-tibco-activematrix-businessworks
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107840
• http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
• https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/04/tibco-security-advisory-april-9-2019-tibco-activematrix-businessworks

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