Security restrictions bypass in IBM Cognos Analytics - CVE-2018-1842
Published: November 6, 2018 / Updated: November 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15752
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1842
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A local unauthenticated attacker can bypass OIDC namespace signature verification on the id_token.
Affected software
IBM Cognos Analytics
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1842
Update to version 11.0.13.
IBM Cognos Analytics - update to 11.0.13