CVE-2018-1842 Auth bypass in Cognos Analytics
Attackers can bypass OIDC signature verification in IBM Cognos Analytics to gain unauthorized access under specific configuration conditions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1842?
CVE-2018-1842 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 9 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 Configuration tool, under certain circumstances, will bypass OIDC namespace signature verification on its id_token. IBM X-Force ID: 150902.
Weakness: CWE-347
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1842?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1842?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1842 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2018-1842 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-72r8-vmj4-cfrp.