# CVE-2024-41739: IBM Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data privilege escalation

> A remote attacker can perform unauthorized actions and escalate privileges in IBM Cognos Dashboards due to dependency confusion.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f46m-922r-q9mg

## What is CVE-2024-41739?

CVE-2024-41739 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Cognos Dashboards 4.0.7 and 5.0.0 on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote attacker to perform unauthorized actions due to dependency confusion.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41739?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41739?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41739 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41739 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41739 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data

- [CVE-2023-38275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38275/): IBM Cognos Dashboards information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-38276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38276/): IBM Cognos Dashboards information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-38735](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38735/): IBM Cognos Dashboards improper authentication (medium 5.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41739 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41739 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41739 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data. 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-2024-41739/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41739/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41739
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41739
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41739

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41739/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.