CVE-2020-4388
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.
- Record
CVE-2020-4388- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:L/A:L/S:U/UI:N/I:N/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25635
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25635- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:L/A:L/S:U/UI:N/I:N/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-77x5-h8g5-w23m No score
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.
- Record
GHSA-77x5-h8g5-w23m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.
- Record
CVE-2020-4388- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| 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-2020-4388 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published October 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.26%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.