What is CVE-2019-4343?

CVE-2019-4343 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-4343?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2019-4343

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 allows overly permissive cross-origin resource sharing which could allow an attacker to transfer private information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access content that should be restricted. IBM X-Force ID: 161422.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2019-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1
IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0
NetApp Oncommand Insight

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1146424 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161422 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200110-0002/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4343?: CVE-2019-4343 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-4343?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.