IBME09D23414D68E861ACD421987E7193DC44EEF544F2ED8524EF67304B7E1D9B28Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics has addressed a vulnerability (CVE-2021-44906)
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.035 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.6%
Summary
IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution in the node.js minimist module ( CVE-2021-44906) . This vulnerability has been addressed in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 FP2.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2021-44906
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js Minimist module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution in setKey() function in the index.js script. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222195 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 11.2.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.
| **Product(s) ** | **Version(s) ** | **Remediation/Fix/Instructions ** |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Cognos Analytics |
11.2.x
|
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 Fix Pack 2
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm cognos analytics | eq | 11.2.0 |
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.035 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.6%