CVE-2021-29824 Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics
Lower-level users can improperly access the Data Connections page, leading to unauthorized data disclosure in IBM Cognos Analytics.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-29824?
CVE-2021-29824 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 22 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 is vulnerable to priviledge escalation where a lower level user could have read access to to the 'Data Connections' page to which they don't have access. IBM X-Force ID: 204468.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29824?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29824?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29824 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2021-29824 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29824 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-pjv6-j329-8r94.