What is CVE-2025-0823?

CVE-2025-0823 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2025-0823?

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

Path Traversal in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2025-0823

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.4 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Analytics — versions 11.2.0, 12.0.0
Ibm Cognos_analytics — versions 11.2.4, 12.0.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-0823?: CVE-2025-0823 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-0823?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.