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CVE-2021-35498
CRITICAL

TIBCO EBX Insecure Login Mechanism

Published Oct 13, 2021 · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Severity · CVSSCRITICAL · 9.8
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood1.31%
QFinch risk score20 / 100

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Oct 23, 2026

TIBCO EBX Insecure Login Mechanism

Publisher and source text is retained separately from QFinch interpretation.

QFinch assessment

The TIBCO EBX Web Server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO EBX, TIBCO EBX, TIBCO EBX, and TIBCO Product and Service Catalog powered by TIBCO EBX contains a vulnerability that under certain specific conditions allows an attacker to enter a password other than the legitimate password and it will be accepted as valid. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO EBX: versions 5.8.123 and below, TIBCO EBX: versions 5.9.3, 5.9.4, 5.9.5, 5.9.6, 5.9.7, 5.9.8, 5.9.9, 5.9.10, 5.9.11, 5.9.12, 5.9.13, and 5.9.14, TIBCO EBX: versions 6.0.0 and 6.0.1, and TIBCO Product and Service Catalog powered by TIBCO EBX: version 1.0.0.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
Review primary references

Evidence coverage

CVENVDEPSS
SSVC priority
MEDIUM
Confidence
20%
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. www.tibco.com ↗
  2. www.tibco.com ↗

Record history

Published Oct 13, 2021 · Last refreshed Oct 23, 2026