# CVE-2024-25036: IBM Cognos Controller authentication bypass

> Authenticated local users can bypass security restrictions on input fields in IBM Cognos Controller, circumventing intended access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-259p-qfg9-jr98

## What is CVE-2024-25036?

CVE-2024-25036 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, published on 3 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1 

could allow an authenticated user with local access to bypass security allowing users to circumvent restrictions imposed on input fields.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25036?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25036?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25036 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Controller

- [CVE-2024-28777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28777/): IBM Cognos Controller code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-52902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52902/): IBM Cognos Controller information disclosure (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-47160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47160/): IBM Cognos Controller XML external entity injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-40702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40702/): IBM Cognos Controller improper certificate validation (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-45084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45084/): IBM Cognos Controller CSV injection (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25036 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25036 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, published on 3 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Cognos Controller. 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-2024-25036/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25036/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25036
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25036
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25036

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25036/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.