CVE-2021-20470 Weak cryptography in Cognos Analytics
Weak default password policy in IBM Cognos Analytics allows attackers to compromise user accounts through brute-force or guessing attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-20470?
CVE-2021-20470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 3 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 196339.
Weakness: CWE-521
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20470?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.
How do I fix CVE-2021-20470?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-20470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2020-4561 Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-51466 IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection
- CVE-2021-29679 Code injection in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-25047 IBM Cognos Analytics log injection
- 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.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-whcp-cmr3-4vgp.