What is CVE-2021-29679?

CVE-2021-29679 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-15.

How severe is CVE-2021-29679?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2021-29679

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 could allow an authenticated user to execute code remotely due to incorrectly neutralizaing user-contrlled input that could be interpreted a a server-side include (SSI) directive. IBM X-Force ID: 199915.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2021-10-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.2.0, 11.1.7
IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.1.7, 11.2.0
NetApp Oncommand Insight

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6491661 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199915 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211112-0005/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29679?: CVE-2021-29679 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-15.
How severe is CVE-2021-29679?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.