CVE-2024-40691 IBM Cognos Controller file upload
Attackers can upload malicious executable files to IBM Cognos Controller due to lack of content validation, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40691?
CVE-2024-40691 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, published on 3 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1
could be vulnerable to malicious file upload by not validating the content of the file uploaded to the web interface. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system, and it can be sent to victim for performing further attacks.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40691?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Controller.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40691?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40691 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-40691 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40691 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Controller
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8x6f-x28r-pfq4.