CVE-2021-20470: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise…

PriorityP341high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

1.38%

69.0th percentile

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 196339.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	cognos_analytics	—	—
ibm	cognos_analytics	—	—
ibm	cognos_analytics	>= 11.1.0 < 11.1.7	11.1.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv3.05.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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