What is CVE-2021-29892?

CVE-2021-29892 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2021-29892?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller

CVE-2021-29892

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.

EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Controller — versions 11.0.0, 11.0.1
Ibm Cognos_controller — versions 11.0.0, 11.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29892?: CVE-2021-29892 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2021-29892?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.