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lifalin2016
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lifalin2016Contributor
asked in Security
Handling encryption security on FME Flow ?

I just reinstalled a test FME Flow 2024 (from .0 to .2), but was unable to restore a backup from the previous version. Something to do with encryption. This worries me, as we are getting close to wanting to upgrade our current 2022 servers. How can I make sure that backups from the old 2022 servers can be read by the new (2024) servers ? Thanks in advance.

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redgeographics
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kihen
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kihenParticipant
asked in Security
FMEFlow affected by CVE-2024-50379 and CVE-2024-56337

Hi! I am getting a warning that FMEFlow is affected by CVE-2024-56337. I am running FME Flow 2023.1.1 Is this correct?Is there a fix or are these CVE not applicable? Best regards /Kim

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todd_davis
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runneals
Contributor
runnealsContributor
asked in Security
CORS errors

We're sending CORS headers, but not getting them back. How do we get them back?

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runneals
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bhk
Contributor
bhkContributor
asked in Security
Why FME Server Patch Notification Still There ? Even After Applying the Patch

Using FME Server 2021.1 Build 21607 - win64, we have applied the Security Update: FME Flow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability using this link https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/31265482270349-Security-Update-FME-Flow-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability but even after applying the patch and re-starting FME services and even rebooting the hosting VM we are still seeing this message! I know it is possible to just click on X and close this notification on admin page but I noticed that other team members who didn't close the notification still seeing that on page! Should we ask everyone to ignore it! shouldn't system automatically clear it?

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j.botterill
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gpt_geoinfo
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gpt_geoinfoContributor
asked in Security
FME-Server: CORS-Error

Hey guys, Why do I get the error (some texts replaced for security reasons): Failed to load http://fme-serverdomain.com/fmedatadownload/repository/workspace.fmw?param1=somefile&param2=sometext&opt_responseformat=json&token=123456789&detail=high: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'http://someotherdomain.com' is therefore not allowed access. although I configured CORS to allow all hosts

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runneals
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abirami
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abiramiParticipant
asked in Security
SSL error while sending Email from FME Flow

Hi, I am trying to send EMAIL on Port 587 from FME Flow application (V 2023.1.1) and I get below error. Can someone please help on how to resolve this error? Do I need to specify port 587 on any configuration file?

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kennyo
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jvadvian
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jvadvianContributor
asked in Security
Azure AD SSO and embedded workspace app in ArcGIS Experience builder

Hi We are about to configure Azure AD (Entra ID) Integration to authenticate users to our FME Flow. There are some workspace applications (flow apps) that are embedded into an ArcGIS Portal Experience builder app. The authentication to the ArcGIS Portal is also done with Azure AD accounts. The idea is, that the end user will open the ArcGIS Portal web application and access the FME Flow workspace application from that platform, rather than re-navigate to the Flow app. If SSO is enabled, will the FME Workspace/Flow app application authenticate automatically without extra login to the workspace application, when it is accessed from the ArcGIS Portal Experience application, as it is embedded to the application? Current setup with basic user authentication and FME Flow user access control fully inside FME Flow naturally requires a log-in to the app OR requires the Flow app to be published without authentication, but we want to ensure security. Does anyone have experience with this kind of

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jvadvian
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ax_pflegpeter
Contributor
ax_pflegpeterContributor
asked in Security
Token for Repository Access

Hi, I created a token that is used in an HTTPCaller to download Workspaces from Flow via the Flow REST API. I granted the token only permission to access Repositories which worked fine but the problem is that as soon as a new repository is created, the initial permission is not extended for this new repos. It seems that I either have to manually re-grant permissions everytime a new repository is created or grant “All Permissions”. Is there any better option?

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virtualcitymatt
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felipeverdu
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felipeverduEnthusiast
asked in Security
Security update affecting FME Flow 2023.2.2

Hi I am the admin in my organisation for FME Flow and I woke this mornig with this message https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/31265482270349-Security-Update-FME-Flow-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability The problem is that I can’t access it even after it asked me to log in. ​@safe can you point me out to the right issue so I can understand the vulnerability that it might implicate in out environment? Best regards, Felipe Verdú

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luke.hicks
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francis
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francisContributor
asked in Security
Broadcast message from Safe Software on FME Flow

Today we saw this broadcast message from Safe Software on our FME Flow servers (2023.2.2): The link in the message is not working and I do not see any recent security issues. We have only external ports configured for dynamic engines and licenses. The FME Flow instance is not accesible from outside out network. I find a strange that they can create broadcast messages on our servers. That is all a bit suspicious, is anyone else experiencing the same?

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francis
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poonam21
Contributor
poonam21Contributor
asked in Security
FME Flow Login Issue

Hi Folks, I have previously installed and worked on FME Server, with my last usage being approximately 2–3 months ago. However, I am currently unable to log in, and the system displays the following error message: Could someone please assist in identifying the cause of this issue and guide me on resolving it? Thank you in advance for your support.

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redgeographics
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ivanwriter
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ivanwriterContributor
asked in Security
For Added Security, Can the out-of-the-box admin Login Be Disabled?

Out-of-the-box, FME Flow has an admin login for administration (member of fmeadmin and fmesuperuser). As a measure of added security, can a different, less common, login name be used for administration? In other words, if I were to create a login for administration purpose named MickeyMouse, add MickeyMouse to fmeadmin and fmesuperuser roles, and disable admin, does that work? Are there gotcha’s with doing that? Is it a measure of added security?

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redgeographics
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ebygomm
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ebygommInfluencer
asked in Security
Stopping the current automation automatically - authentication

We currently have a process where an automation is stopped by any upstream failure triggering a workspace which contains a httpcaller with a call to the fme rest api to stop the automation. The request is configured to use $(FME_SERVER_WEB_URL) and an the Automation General Attribute/Key AutomationID to construct the request for the api so in this way it is generic. I’m wondering if there’s any way to use the user running the automation as authentication for the http request?

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dylan.at.safe
Safer
daraghmccarthy
Observer
daraghmccarthyObserver
asked in Security
FTPCaller won't allow both username / password and public / private key

Hi, looking for help please. We are using FME Flow 2024.1.3 Build 24627 - linux-x64 on Ubuntu 24.04 and trying to connect to an external FTP server to transfer files from FME Flow. Our client who owns the FTP Server are asking us to authenticate with both username / password and public / private keys ; we’ve supplied our client with the public key which they’ve loaded successfully. We can connect ok manually using both username / password and public / private keys, but when we try from FME Flow it fails on the public / private key and forces us to enter the password. What we are looking for is a way to call using the public / private key and also specifying a password.

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debbiatsafe
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nic_ran
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nic_ranContributor
asked in Security
How can I allow other users to edit my FME Server App?

I have created an FME Server App. Is it possible to provide permission for another user to edit the App? I have granted full permission to Create Apps and also to the specific App to my other user but I get this error message when the user tries to edit the App: This Server App is owned by "admin". Only the owner or a user who can manage FME Server security permissions can edit this App. This seems to be highly restrictive.

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kmulhall
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sameer
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sameerContributor
asked in Security
Pen test Remediation required - Enable HSTS and Hide Email server type / version

FME Flow 2023.2.1Build 23774 I’m planning on upgrading FME Form / Flow this weekend which includes fixing the following vulnerabilities detected from our internal Pen Test. USR-640 Email Servers Advertise Software Type and Version Removing the software banner from the email server is typically done in the configuration file, for example sendmail.cf or postfix.conf. Is it possible to fix this and where would the file(s) be located? What change should take place? USR-622 HSTS Missing from HTTPS Server Is it simply enough to add the following to the web.xml config file? <!-- Enable HSTS --><filter> <filter-name>httpHeaderSecurity</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class> <init-param> <param-name>hstsEnabled</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>hstsMaxAgeSeconds</param-name> <param-value>31536000</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>hstsIncludeSubDomains</param-name> <param-

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steveatsafe
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thomas89
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thomas89Contributor
asked in Security
Is it possible to make a FME web connection to Azure File Storage with Oauth ?

Dear reader, I want to know if it is possible (if yes, how) to connect FME with an Azure File Storage with OAuth. The Azure connection transformer, AzureFileStorageConnector seem to not have a Oauth connection possible. Is this true and are there other ways to make an Oauth connection to Azure File Storage in FME Desktop?

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natalieatsafe
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ecx
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ecxContributor
asked in Security
FME Server: How to Determine what Web Connections are Authorised As

On fme server, web connections we can authorise the named connections as various accounts. How can we check what accounts these are currently authorised as? Thanks

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todd_davis
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alexcls
asked in Security
Running Workspaces as different users

Is it possible to run workspaces in FME Server as different user accounts i.e. service accounts? I am aware of running FME Services Engine as a different account. The issue there is that over time you will have to grant this account access to a lot of different resources and this would not be good cyber-security practice.

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sanaeatsafe
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kevin_bourrand
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kevin_bourrandParticipant
asked in Security
Is there a way to configure automatically permission for running a specific workspace ?

Hi everyone, This question is about the detailed permissions user/role management interface. We’ve been facing issues finding all permissions required to run a specific workspace, like allowing services, access to shared ressources data and to specific connexions. The question is: Is there a hint to grant or list all these needed permissions to run a specific workspace ? Thank’s in advance. Kevin

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kevin_bourrand
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ssmith_ftr
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ssmith_ftrContributor
asked in Security
FME Flow and scheduling jobs as alternate user account

We are upgrading to FME Flow 2024 and wanting to make some improvements. As part of this we want to know if we can have a user upload workbenches to FME Flow. Then login to FME Flow with their user account, but somehow build automations, streams, apps, and scheduled jobs to run under a different user account. We are trying to migrate from putting the all the running automations, schedules, and other items under individual user accounts. Instead we want to assign to a departmental account. Since we have FME Flow tied into our Active Directory this will prevent any permission issues of jobs not working when an employee leaves the company and their AD account is suspended. I didn’t really want to have every user login to FME Flow with the departmental user account. Then we won’t keep the individual repositories for workspaces and will become a mess. I know the GUI/Web Front End as-is doesn’t support this but trying to decide what approach I could do to solve this. My easiest thought is to

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siennaatsafe
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jonvelco
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jonvelcoContributor
asked in Security
SAML option missing in FME Flow Connection parameters in Form

Running 2023.2 (both Flow and Form) and I have SAML setup, configured, and working on Flow. However, in Form, when I add a FME Flow Connection - the SAML drop down under Authentication is missing even though the documentation says it should be there. What am I missing?? Missing SAML option in Authentication drop down FME Flow: Our FME Flow site with SAML enabled Documentation: Documentation

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jonvelco
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chelsea
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chelseaParticipant
asked in Security
User Management - User unable to resubmit jobs

Hi all, New user here - trying to get a support-only role set up for a few on my team in FME Form. We sometimes have jobs that need to be resubmitted and would like the support role to have the ability to do this but to NOT be able to edit the workspaces or automations at all. I have played around with editing the role permissions and no matter what I try, the users are not able to resubmit jobs. They can get to the job and view logs but get an ‘Unauthorized request by user due to lack of permissions...’ error. Has anyone experienced something like this or have any idea on what permission set would be tied to resubmitting jobs? Thank you!

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ivanwriter
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ivanwriterContributor
asked in Security
With FME Flow, Is There a Way to Block Administrator Logon from Going Through a Proxy Server?

ArcGIS Server can be configured to disallow administrative tasks from being conducted via REST. Is there something similar with an FME Flow that has a proxy server to do something similar--disallowing administrative logons via the proxy server (direct logon to FME Core machine only)?

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timatsafe
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keithhastings
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keithhastingsContributor
asked in Security
TLS 1.3 support

Is TLS 1.3 supported for FME 2023.2.1?How do you go about finding this out? Thanks Keith

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tino
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