# CVE-2016-3037: Information disclosure in Cognos TM1

> An authenticated attacker can obtain the victim's password via a service that returns it with a valid session key.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fj22-j2fg-9f28

## What is CVE-2016-3037?

CVE-2016-3037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Cognos TM1, published on 17 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Cognos TM1 10.1 and 10.2 provides a service to return the victim's password with a valid session key. An authenticated attacker with user interaction could obtain this sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 114613.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3037?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-3037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3037 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-3037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Cognos TM1

- [CVE-2012-4858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4858/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2016-8960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8960/): Privilege escalation in Cognos Business Intelligence (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-3036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3036/): Memory corruption in Cognos TM1 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-1764](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1764/): Information disclosure in Cognos Business Intelligence (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2016-0254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0254/): XML external entity in Cognos Business Intelligence (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3037 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-3037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Cognos TM1, published on 17 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Cognos TM1. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3037/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3037/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3037
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3037
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3037

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