# CVE-2016-9711: Information disclosure in Cognos Analytics

> IBM Cognos Analytics reveals sensitive information in error messages, potentially aiding attackers in further system exploitation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7rgg-93xc-9xvq

## What is CVE-2016-9711?

CVE-2016-9711 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 22 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Predictive Solutions Foundation (IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0) reveals sensitive information in detailed error messages that could aid an attacker in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 119619.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9711?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Analytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-9711?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9711 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-9711 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Analytics

- [CVE-2020-4561](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4561/): Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-51466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51466/): IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2021-29679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29679/): Code injection in Cognos Analytics (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-25047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25047/): IBM Cognos Analytics log injection (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2018-1721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1721/): IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9711 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-9711 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 22 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Cognos Analytics. 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-2016-9711/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9711/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9711
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9711
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9711

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