## Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been addressed in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.3. These vulnerabilities have also been previously addressed in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 FP5 where applicable. Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities have been addressed (CVE-2020-4301, CVE-2021-20468, CVE-2021-29823). A vulnerability where passwords were being logged in plain text has been addressed (CVE-2021-39009). A vulnerability where a password field had autocomplete enabled has been addressed (CVE-2021-39045). A Denial of Service (DOS) vulnerability via email flooding has been addressed (CVE-2022-30614). An XML Entity Expansion vulnerability has been addressed CVE-2022-36773). The following 3rd party components are used by IBM Cognos Analytics: Node.js glob-parent is a package that helps extracts the non-magic parent path from a glob string (CVE-2020-28469). Chalk ansi-regex is a regular expression for matching ANSI escape codes (CVE-2021-3807). Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and node.js (CVE-2021-3749). Node.js mpath is a package that gets/sets javascript object values using MongoDB-like path notation (CVE-2021-23438). Node.js netmask is a library that parses and understands IPv4 CIDR blocks so they can be explored and compared (CVE-2021-29418, CVE-2021-28918). Netty is a Java-based non-blocking I/O networking framework (CVE-2021-43797). FasterXML Jackson is a JSON to Java object conversion API (CVE-2020-36518, XFID: 217968). Node.js is an open-source and cross-platform Javascript runtime environment (CVE-2021-44533, CVE-2022-21824, CVE-2021-44531, CVE-2021-44532). Node.js ejs is an embedded JavaScript templating language lets users to generate HTML markup with plain JavaScript (CVE-2022-29078). Node.js nconf is a hierarchical node.js configuration with files, environment variables, command-line arguments, and atomic object merging (CVE-2022-21803). Maven okhttp is an efficient HTTP & HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications (XFID: 233967).

## Vulnerability Details

** CVEID: **[CVE-2020-4301]()
** DESCRIPTION: **IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176609]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-3749]()
** DESCRIPTION: **axios is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the trim function. By sending a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208438]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2020-36518]()
** DESCRIPTION: **FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a Java StackOverflow exception. By using a large depth of nested objects, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222319]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2022-29078]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js ejs module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a server-side template injection flaw in settings[view options][outputFunctionName]. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request to overwrites the outputFunctionName option with an arbitrary OS command, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225116]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-29418]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js netmask module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper handling of certain unexpected characters in an IP address string. By using a specially-crafted argument using octal literals, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199130]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-28918]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js netmask module is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by the improper handling of mixed-format IP addresses. By using a specially-crafted argument using octal literals, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF, RFI, and LFI attacks to gain access to intranets, VPNs, containers, adjacent VPC instances, or LAN hosts.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198894]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-39009]()
** DESCRIPTION: **IBM Cognos Analytics stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local privileged user.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213554]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2020-28469]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js glob-parent module is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a regular expression denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196451]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-39045]()
** DESCRIPTION: **IBM Cognos Analytics could allow a local attacker to obtain information due to the autocomplete feature on password input fields.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214345]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-43797]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Netty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP transfer-encoding request header names. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP(S) transfer-encoding request header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215118]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-44533]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the incorrect handling of multi-value Relative Distinguished Names. By crafting certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the certificate subject verification.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216932]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2022-21824]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an error related to the formatting logic of the console.table() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using console.table properties to allow an empty string to be assigned to numerical keys of the object prototype.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216933]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-44531]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of URI Subject Alternative Name (SAN) types. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass name-constrained intermediates.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216930]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-44532]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a string injection vulnerability when name constraints were used within a certificate chain. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the name constraints.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216931]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-3807]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Chalk ansi-regex module for Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw. By sending a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209596]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-29823]()
** DESCRIPTION: **IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/204465]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-20468]()
** DESCRIPTION: **IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196825]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-23438]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js mpath module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208595]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2022-21803]()
** DESCRIPTION: **Node.js nconf module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw when using the memory engine. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/224357]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2022-30614]()
** DESCRIPTION: **IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to a denial of service via email flooding caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227591]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

** CVEID: **[CVE-2022-36773]()
** DESCRIPTION: **IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233571]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

** IBM X-Force ID: **217968
** DESCRIPTION: **FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using JDK serialization to serialize and deserialize JsonNode values. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217968 ]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

** IBM X-Force ID: **233967
** DESCRIPTION: **Maven OkHttp package could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the inclusion of sensitive information in an error message. By sending a specially-crafted request using an illegal character in a header value, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an IllegalArgumentException whose message includes the full header value.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233967 ]() for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

## Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.x

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.x

## Remediation/Fixes

**Affected Version**| **Fix Version**
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IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.x|

[Downloading IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.3]( “Downloading IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.3” )

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.x|

[IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 Fix Pack 5]( “IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 Fix Pack 5” )

## Workarounds and Mitigations

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## Acknowledgement

## Change History

31 Aug 2022: Initial Publication

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