# CVE-2022-38708: IBM Cognos Analytics server-side request forgery

> Attackers can exploit SSRF in IBM Cognos Analytics to access internal networks or local files via crafted URLs.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cpf6-q438-6grj

## What is CVE-2022-38708?

CVE-2022-38708 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 19 Dec 2022. 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 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 could be vulnerable to a Server-Side Request Forgery Attack (SSRF) attack by constructing URLs from user-controlled data. This could enable attackers to make arbitrary requests to the internal network or to the local file system. IBM X-Force ID: 234180.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38708?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Analytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Analytics

- [CVE-2020-4561](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4561/): Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-51466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51466/): IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2021-29679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29679/): Code injection in Cognos Analytics (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-25047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25047/): IBM Cognos Analytics log injection (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2018-1721](https://insights.sbomify.com/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. (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38708 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 19 Dec 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-2022-38708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Cognos Analytics. 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-2022-38708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.