{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20470 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-20470 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20470 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ibm Cognos Analytics. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20470/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20470/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-20470","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20470/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-20470","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-whcp-cmr3-4vgp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"configuration_change","impacts":["account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Cognos Analytics","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Weak default password policy in IBM Cognos Analytics allows attackers to compromise user accounts through brute-force or guessing attacks.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"weak_cryptography"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"cognos_analytics","vendor":"ibm"},{"product":"oncommand_insight","vendor":"netapp"}],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:U/AC:H/I:N/AV:N/A:N/PR:N/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-521","name":"Weak Password Requirements"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Weak cryptography in Cognos Analytics","id":"CVE-2021-20470","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ibm:cognos_analytics","products":["ibm:cognos_analytics","netapp:oncommand_insight"],"type":"weak_cryptography","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Auth bypass in Sterling File Gateway","id":"CVE-2021-20473"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in Cognos Analytics","id":"CVE-2021-20468"},"products":["Cognos Analytics"],"published":"2021-12-03","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics","id":"CVE-2020-4561","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-31"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection","id":"CVE-2024-51466","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-20"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Code injection in Cognos Analytics","id":"CVE-2021-29679","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-10-15"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"IBM Cognos Analytics log injection","id":"CVE-2024-25047","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-02"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.","id":"CVE-2018-1721","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-09"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"XML external entity in Cognos Analytics","id":"CVE-2020-4300","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-31"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"XML external entity in Cognos Analytics","id":"CVE-2020-4377","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-08-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"Weak default password policy in IBM Cognos Analytics allows attackers to compromise user accounts through brute-force or guessing attacks.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20470/"}