What is CVE-2021-39009?

CVE-2021-39009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-39009?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2021-39009

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 213554.

Published 2022-09-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.2.0, 11.1.7, 11.2.1
IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.1.7
NetApp Oncommand Insight

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6615285 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213554 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221014-0005/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-39009?: CVE-2021-39009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-39009?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.