CVE-2021-20470: IBM Cognos Analytics

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 196339.

Affected products

• IBM Cognos Analytics: from 11.1.0, before 11.1.7 (fixed in 11.1.7); version 11.1.7 only; version 11.2.0 only
• Netapp Oncommand Insight: affected versions not specified

Published 2021-12-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.