IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to priviledge escalation where a lower evel user could have access to the 'New Job' pa…

published 2021-10-15 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-16219

cvss: 5.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to priviledge escalation where a lower evel user could have access to the 'New Job' page to which they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 201695.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6491661 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/PR:L/AV:N/S:U/A:N/UI:N/I:L/C:L/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6491661
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/201695
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20211112-0005/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-29745
NVD CVE-2021-29745

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