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CVE-2020-4561

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-829

Description

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.

Affected products

• IBM Cognos Analytics: 11.0.0, 11.1.0
• OnCommand Insight: all versions

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183903
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210622-0004/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6451705
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183903
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210622-0004/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6451705

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