Access control flaw in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 could allow a user with lower privilege Capabilities to adopt the Capabilities of a higher-privilege user by intercepting the higher-privilege user's cookie value from its HTTP request and then reusing it in subsequent requests. IBM Reference #: 1993718.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01545 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Cognos Business Intelligence | 10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.1.1; 10.2.2; 2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cognos Business Intelligence VendorIBM Affected 10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.1.1; 10.2.2; 2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.2 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.2.1 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.2.1.1 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.2.2 | Vulnerable | IBM |
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2.1.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8960
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vxjm-8m57-p725
References
More IBM Cognos Business Intelligence vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-04103 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- 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-2016-8960 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-8960 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vxjm-8m57-p725 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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