CVE-2024-56340: IBM Cognos Analytics path traversal

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-23

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerability, allowing an attacker to access sensitive files by inserting path traversal payloads inside the deficon parameter.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics: from 11.2.0 before 11.2.4; from 12.0.0 before 12.0.4; 11.2.4, 11.2.4-fixpack1, 11.2.4-fixpack2, 11.2.4-fixpack3, 11.2.4-fixpack4, 11.2.4-fixpack5 (+2) — fixed in 11.2.4, 12.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4, 12.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183676
https://github.com/MarioTesoro/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2024-56340

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