IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report pages that they should not have access to.

published 2022-04-22 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-25342

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report pages that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 209697.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6570957 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/I:N/AV:N/PR:L/S:U/AC:L/C:L/UI:N/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6570957
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/209697
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20220602-0003/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-38905
NVD CVE-2021-38905

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