CVE-2022-43883: IBM Cognos Analytics data manipulation

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% 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-116

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 could be vulnerable to a Log Injection 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: 240266.

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/240266
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841801
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240266
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841801

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