CVE-2024-56340 IBM Cognos Analytics path traversal
Attackers can access sensitive files via path traversal in the deficon parameter of IBM Cognos Analytics.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-56340?
CVE-2024-56340 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 28 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerability, allowing an attacker to access sensitive files by inserting path traversal payloads inside the deficon parameter.
Weakness: CWE-23
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2024-56340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-56340 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56340 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2020-4561 Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-51466 IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection
- CVE-2021-29679 Code injection in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-25047 IBM Cognos Analytics log injection
- 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.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j4w4-g97j-m5q9.