# CVE-2021-39080: Information disclosure in Cognos Analytics Mobile

> Weak obfuscation in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile for Android allows attackers to reverse engineer the codebase and extract internal implementation details.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.0/I:L/S:U/AV:N/UI:N/PR:N/AC:H/A:N/C:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cqgh-xhcv-j4v8

## What is CVE-2021-39080?

CVE-2021-39080 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile, published on 14 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Due to weak obfuscation, IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile for Android application prior to version 1.1.14 , an attacker could be able to reverse engineer the codebase to gain knowledge about the programming technique, interface, class definitions, algorithms and functions used. IBM X-Force ID: 215593.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39080?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Analytics Mobile.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-39080?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-39080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-39080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile

- [CVE-2025-36106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36106/): IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS) information disclosure (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-36062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36062/): IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS) information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2025-36107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36107/): IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS) information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-39081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39081/): IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-39079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39079/): Cross-site scripting in Cognos Analytics Mobile (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-39080 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-39080 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile, published on 14 Feb 2022. 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-2021-39080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile. 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-2021-39080/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39080/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39080
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39080
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39080

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39080/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.