CVE-2021-38905
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report pages that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 209697.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report pages that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 209697.
- Record
CVE-2021-38905- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AV:N/PR:L/S:U/AC:L/C:L/UI:N/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25342
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report pages that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 209697.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25342- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AV:N/PR:L/S:U/AC:L/C:L/UI:N/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-53wj-wwhg-8j4v
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report pages that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 209697.
- Record
GHSA-53wj-wwhg-8j4v- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow an authenticated user to view report pages that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 209697.
- Record
CVE-2021-38905- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - 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-2021-38905 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published April 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.