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CVE-2020-4879
IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper…
High7.3EPSS 1.5%
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- ibm
Description
IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of authentication cookies. IBM X-Force ID: 190847.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/C:L/A:L/S:U/PR:N/I:L/AC:L/AV:N/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 10.4.0
- affected 10.4.1
- affected 10.4.2
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6509856 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-cognos-cve20204879-priv-escalation (190847) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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