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Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 and 12.1.3 versions are affected by security vulnerabilities

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Summary

There are vulnerabilities identified in Cognos Analytics application and its open source components. These vulnerabilties has been resolved and the remediation versions is provided below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-56344
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Cognos Analytics could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.
CWE:   CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   5.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-47764
DESCRIPTION:   cookie is a basic HTTP cookie parser and serializer for HTTP servers. The cookie name could be used to set other fields of the cookie, resulting in an unexpected cookie value. A similar escape can be used for path and domain, which could be abused to alter other fields of the cookie. Upgrade to 0.7.0, which updates the validation for name, path, and domain.
CWE:   CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CVSS Source:   security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score:   6.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)

CVEID:   CVE-2025-69534
DESCRIPTION:   Python-Markdown version 3.8 contain a vulnerability where malformed HTML-like sequences can cause html.parser.HTMLParser to raise an unhandled AssertionError during Markdown parsing. Because Python-Markdown does not catch this exception, any application that processes attacker-controlled Markdown may crash. This enables remote, unauthenticated Denial of Service in web applications, documentation systems, CI/CD pipelines, and any service that renders untrusted Markdown. The issue was acknowledged by the vendor and fixed in version 3.8.1. This issue causes a remote Denial of Service in any application parsing untrusted Markdown, and can lead to Information Disclosure through uncaught exceptions.
CWE:   CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source:   NVD
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cognos Analytics12.0.4 - 12.0.4 FP2
IBM Cognos Analytics12.1.0 - 12.1.3 FP1

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Fix Version
IBM Cognos Analytics12.0.412.0.4 FP3
IBM Cognos Analytics12.1.312.1.3 FP2

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

11 Sep 2026: 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:
11 September 2026

Initial Publish date:
11 September 2026

UID

ibm17287211