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Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

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Summary

There are vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty and Open Source Software (OSS) components used by IBM Cognos Analytics. Additionally, Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE). For more information about the vulnerability impact, refer to the table in the "Related Information" section. This Security Bulletin relates only to third-party components that are used by IBM Cognos Analytics directly and not to any nested dependencies within the product.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-22354
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.5 are vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, or to conduct a server-side request forgery attack. IBM X-Force ID: 280401.
CWE:   CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   7
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-49352
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Cognos Anaytics is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CWE:   CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   7.1
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-41942
DESCRIPTION:   JupyterHub could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. If a user is granted the admin:users scope, they may escalate their own privileges by making themselves a full admin user.
CWE:   CWE-274: Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
CVSS Source:   CVE.org
CVSS Base score:   7.2
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-22353
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.4 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 280400.
CWE:   CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-27268
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 24.0.0.4 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 284574.
CWE:   CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2017-15010
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the tough-cookie module. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a regular expression denial of service.
CWE:   CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-26136
DESCRIPTION:   Salesforce tough-cookie could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw due to improper handling of Cookies when using CookieJar in rejectPublicSuffixes=false mode. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CWE:   CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   6.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-37920
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified error with the removal of e-Tugra root certificate in Certifi has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CWE:   CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-23491
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified error in with TrustCor's ownership also operated a business that produced spyware in Certifi has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CWE:   CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   6.8
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-25026
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.4 are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 281516.
CWE:   CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-50314
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.8 could allow an attacker with access to the network to conduct spoofing attacks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a certificate issued by a trusted authority to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 274713.
CWE:   CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.3
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.0-12.0.4
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0-11.2.4 FP4

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s) Version(s) Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Cognos Analytics

12.0.0-12.0.4

IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 IF2
 
IBM Cognos Analytics

11.2.0-11.2.4 FP4

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 FP5

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service (CVE-2024-27268)

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-22354)

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to a denial of service (CVE-2024-25026)

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service (CVE-2024-27268)

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to information disclosure (CVE-2023-50314)

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog


These definitions can be found on the following IBM PSIRT News page: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6610583

Affected: The software product contains code, which has a documented vulnerability. Based on currently available information, however, we believe that the issue is likely not exploitable. However, as a best practice and from an abundance of caution, we recommend customers update their systems as soon as practical. Vulnerabilities evolve, and a means of exploiting any issue may emerge at any time.

Vulnerable: The software product contains code, which has a documented vulnerability. Our analysis shows that the issue may be exploitable.

Affected/Vulnerable Products and Versions: As used in IBM Security Bulletins, this category is intended to be only products and versions that are supported by IBM, and have not passed their end-of-support or warranty date. Thus, not including a reference in a Security Bulletin to unsupported or extended-support products or versions does not indicate a determination by IBM that they are unaffected by the vulnerability. Additionally, including a reference to one or more unsupported versions in a Security Bulletin (including reference to "All" versions) does not create an obligation for IBM to provide fixes for any unsupported or extended-support products or versions.
 

Dependency CVE Impact
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty CVE-2023-50314 Vulnerable
CVE-2024-25026 Affected
CVE-2024-22354 Affected
CVE-2024-27268 Affected
CVE-2024-22353 Affected
Certifi CVE-2023-37920 Vulnerable
CVE-2022-23491 Vulnerable
Jupyterhub CVE-2024-41942 Affected
Salesforce tough-cookie CVE-2023-26136 Affected
CVE-2017-15010 Affected
Not Dependency Related CVE-2024-49352 Vulnerable


 

Acknowledgement

Change History

04 Feb 2025: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2025

UID

ibm17181480

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