# CVE-2024-25053: IBM Cognos Analytics improper certificate validation

> Attackers can spoof trusted entities by bypassing certificate validation in IBM Cognos Analytics Planning Analytics connections.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:** 28 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-whx9-2vf8-4hvm

## What is CVE-2024-25053?

CVE-2024-25053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 28 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, and 12.0.2 is vulnerable to improper certificate validation when using the IBM Planning Analytics Data Source Connection. This could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between IBM Planning Analytics server and IBM Cognos Analytics server.  IBM X-Force ID:  283364.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25053?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Analytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25053 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25053 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-2024-25053 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 28 Jun 2024. 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-2024-25053 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-2024-25053/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25053/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25053
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25053
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25053

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25053/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.