Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller

CVE-2025-33111

IBM Controller 11.1.0 through 11.1.1 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP6 is vulnerable to creation of temporary files without atomic operations which may expose sensitive information to an authenticated user due to race condition attacks.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-33111: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-33111?
CVE-2025-33111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-33111?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.