What is CVE-2019-4471?

CVE-2019-4471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-4471?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2019-4471

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the secure flag for a sensitive cookie in an HTTPS session. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 163780.

Published 2021-06-01 · 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: 0.010 (62.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · 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-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6451705 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163780 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210622-0004/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4471?: CVE-2019-4471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-4471?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.