What is CVE-2019-4589?

CVE-2019-4589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-4589?

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

Privilege escalation in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2019-4589

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to privlege escalation where the "My schedules and subscriptions" page is visible and accessible to a less privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 167449.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2020-08-03 · 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: 0.007 (49.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1
IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6252853 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167449 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4589?: CVE-2019-4589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-4589?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.