What is CVE-2019-4411?

CVE-2019-4411 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-4411?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller

CVE-2019-4411

IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, and 10.4.1 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information due to easy to guess session identifier names. IBM X-Force ID: 162658.

Published 2019-11-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Controller — versions 10.3.1, 10.3.0, 10.4.0
IBM Cognos Controller — versions 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1086123 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162658 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4411?: CVE-2019-4411 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-4411?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.