CVE-2022-38708: IBM Cognos Analytics server-side request forgery

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 could be vulnerable to a Server-Side Request Forgery Attack (SSRF) attack by constructing URLs from user-controlled data. This could enable attackers to make arbitrary requests to the internal network or to the local file system. IBM X-Force ID: 234180.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics: from 11.1.0 through 11.1.7; from 11.2.0 through 11.2.3; 11.1.7-fixpack1, 11.1.7-fixpack2, 11.1.7-fixpack3, 11.1.7-fixpack4, 11.1.7-fixpack5

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234180
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841801
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234180
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841801

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