What is CVE-2024-45081?

CVE-2024-45081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-45081?

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

Auth bypass in IBM Cognos Controller

CVE-2024-45081

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP3 and IBM Controller 11.1.0 could allow an authenticated user to modify restricted content due to incorrect authorization checks.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-02-19 · 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:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183597 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45081?: CVE-2024-45081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-45081?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.