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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-7043

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:47 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-7043

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 May 2019, 16:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2016-7043
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7043",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-7043",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7043",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-7043",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-7043",
        "GHSA-pjw3-c74j-m9fj"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kiegroup/droolsjbpm-integration",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "dbb686db8db6f974724ef8f7ea9df2c831547122"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kie-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "7.21.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "6.0.0.Beta1",
            "6.0.0.Alpha9",
            "6.0.0.Alpha8",
            "6.0.0.Alpha7",
            "6.0.0.Alpha1",
            "5.5.0.Beta1",
            "5.3.0.Beta1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7043.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:58.555599341Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7043",
        "https://github.com/kiegroup/droolsjbpm-integration/pull/1273"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-7043",
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      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379878,
  "published_at": "2019-05-15T16:29:00.253+00:00"
}