IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 could be vulnerable to a Log Injection attack by constructing URLs from user-controlled data. This could enable attackers to make arbitrary requests to the internal network or to the local file system. IBM X-Force ID: 240266.
The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841801 | patch vendor advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240266 | vdb entry vendor advisory |