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CVE-2019-4183: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0, and 11.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that could allow a remote u...

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0, and 11.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that could allow a remote user to send specially crafted requests that would consume all available CPU and memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 158973.

MediumCVSS 5.9Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 can be made unavailable by specially crafted remote requests that exhaust CPU and memory. The issue affects availability, not data theft or data modification, but outage risk matters for reporting and analytics operations.

Executive priority

Prioritize remediation on business-critical or externally reachable Cognos systems. This is not presented as a data breach vulnerability, but it can disrupt reporting services and consume infrastructure resources.

Technical view

CVE-2019-4183 is a network-reachable denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1. CVSS 3.0 is 5.9 with high availability impact, high attack complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and no confidentiality or integrity impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most relevant where IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 or 11.1 is reachable by untrusted networks or broad internal user populations. Internet-facing deployments would carry higher operational risk.

Exploitation context

The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. IBM X-Force assigned ID 158973. CVSS marks exploit maturity as unproven, so treat exploitation evidence as limited.

Researcher notes

Do not infer additional affected products beyond IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 from this bundle. Patch specifics are not provided here; use IBM and vendor advisories for exact fixed levels.

Mitigation direction

  • Identify IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 deployments.
  • Review IBM advisory 1073530 for fixed versions and official remediation.
  • Restrict Cognos access to trusted networks and required users.
  • Monitor Cognos hosts for abnormal CPU and memory exhaustion.
  • Include downstream vendor advisories, such as NetApp, in product-impact review.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm deployed Cognos Analytics versions against 11.0 and 11.1.
  • Check whether IBM-recommended fixes or updates are applied.
  • Review network exposure for Cognos web endpoints.
  • Inspect monitoring history for unexplained CPU or memory saturation.
  • Verify incident response runbooks cover analytics service unavailability.
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Confidence
medium
Sources
5

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.9 (3.0)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/S:U/PR:N/I:N/C:N/UI:N/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
4Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
5.9CVSS 3.0MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/S:U/PR:N/I:N/C:N/UI:N/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O2.23.6Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

5.9Medium
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2019-4183Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/S:U/PR:N/I:N/C:N/UI:N/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
IBMCognos Analytics11.0, 11.1Listed
Weakness

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