IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions.

published 2021-05-31 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25808

cvss: 10.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.9%; EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6451705 advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	10.0	CVSS:3.0/PR:N/C:H/I:H/S:C/AC:L/A:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
NVD	3.1	10.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	10.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics

Classification

Weakness

CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6451705
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/183903
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20210622-0004/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4561
NVD CVE-2020-4561

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