CVE-2019-4178
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.
- Record
CVE-2019-4178- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:H/C:L/UI:N/AC:H/PR:L/A:L/S:U/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-13785
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.
- Record
EUVD-2019-13785- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:H/C:L/UI:N/AC:H/PR:L/A:L/S:U/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h77-8rwv-vmxh
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.
- Record
GHSA-4h77-8rwv-vmxh- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.
- Record
CVE-2019-4178- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-4178 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published April 15, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.07%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.