IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 < 12.0.4 FP3 / 12.1.x < 12.1.3 FP2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (7287209)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 347960

Synopsis

The remote host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of IBM Cognos Analytics installed on the remote host is 12.0.4 prior to 12.0.4 FP3, or 12.1.x prior to 12.1.3 FP2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the IBM Security Bulletin No.
7287209:

- NLTK versions 3.9.2 and prior are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to improper input validation in the StanfordSegmenter module. The module dynamically loads external Java .jar files without verification or sandboxing. An attacker can supply or replace the JAR file, enabling the execution of arbitrary Java bytecode at import time. (CVE-2026-0848)

- The lodash fix for CVE-2021-23337 added validation for the variable option in _.template but did not apply the same validation to options.imports key names. Both paths flow into the same Function() constructor sink. When an application passes untrusted input as options.imports key names, an attacker can inject default-parameter expressions that execute arbitrary code at template compilation time.
(CVE-2026-4800)

- cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
From 45.0.0 to before 46.0.7, if a non-contiguous buffer was passed to APIs which accepted Python buffers (e.g. Hash.update()), this could lead to buffer overflows. (CVE-2026-39892)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 FP3 / 12.1.3 FP2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 347960

File Name: ibm_cognos_7287209.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/18/2026

Updated: 9/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.49

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0848

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:cognos_analytics

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM Cognos Analytics

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16026, CVE-2022-42969, CVE-2023-28155, CVE-2024-47535, CVE-2025-13465, CVE-2025-14009, CVE-2025-33123, CVE-2025-36076, CVE-2025-4517, CVE-2025-59375, CVE-2025-8885, CVE-2025-9095, CVE-2025-9096, CVE-2026-0846, CVE-2026-0847, CVE-2026-0848, CVE-2026-22007, CVE-2026-22008, CVE-2026-22013, CVE-2026-22016, CVE-2026-22018, CVE-2026-22021, CVE-2026-23865, CVE-2026-25639, CVE-2026-26007, CVE-2026-26996, CVE-2026-27205, CVE-2026-27903, CVE-2026-27904, CVE-2026-2950, CVE-2026-30922, CVE-2026-31958, CVE-2026-33230, CVE-2026-33231, CVE-2026-33236, CVE-2026-34073, CVE-2026-34268, CVE-2026-34282, CVE-2026-35536, CVE-2026-39892, CVE-2026-40175, CVE-2026-40192, CVE-2026-40864, CVE-2026-41417, CVE-2026-42033, CVE-2026-42034, CVE-2026-42035, CVE-2026-42036, CVE-2026-42037, CVE-2026-42038, CVE-2026-42039, CVE-2026-42040, CVE-2026-42041, CVE-2026-42042, CVE-2026-42043, CVE-2026-42044, CVE-2026-42264, CVE-2026-42402, CVE-2026-42403, CVE-2026-42404, CVE-2026-42577, CVE-2026-42578, CVE-2026-42579, CVE-2026-42580, CVE-2026-42581, CVE-2026-42583, CVE-2026-42584, CVE-2026-42585, CVE-2026-42587, CVE-2026-43869, CVE-2026-44431, CVE-2026-44432, CVE-2026-45536, CVE-2026-47244, CVE-2026-4800, CVE-2026-48043, CVE-2026-4867, CVE-2026-54293, CVE-2026-6918, CVE-2026-7884

IAVB: 2026-B-0261

Detections

Analytics