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CVE-2021-20461

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-668

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 10.0 and 11.1 is susceptible to a weakness in the implementation of the System Appearance configuration setting. An attacker could potentially bypass business logic to modify the appearance and behavior of the application. IBM X-Force ID: 196770.

Affected products

• IBM Cognos Analytics: from 11.0.0 before 11.0.13; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.7; 11.0.13, 11.0.13-fixpack1, 11.0.13-fixpack2, 11.0.13-fixpack3, 11.1.7, 11.1.7-fixpack1 (+1) — fixed in 11.0.13, 11.1.7
• OnCommand Insight: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.13, 11.1.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196770
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0007/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466729
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196770
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0007/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466729

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