What is CVE-2024-56344?

CVE-2024-56344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-56344?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2024-56344

IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 through 12.0.4 FP2, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 FP1 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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

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 Analytics

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56344?: CVE-2024-56344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-56344?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.