IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before…
Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 does not properly validate Java serialized input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03867 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.4.1 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.1 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.1.1 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.2 | Vulnerable | IBM |
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.1.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4858
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x883-wq6q-rvfh
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
References
More IBM Cognos Business Intelligence vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-07351 Access control flaw in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-01683 Cross-site request forgery in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2016-02540 Memory corruption in IBM Cognos TM1 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-00225 XML external entity injection in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2017-01372 Insufficiently protected credentials in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2017-01196 Cross-site scripting in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2012-4858 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-4858 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x883-wq6q-rvfh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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