cve-2021-20556
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-03 17:31
Modified
2024-08-03 17:45
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS score ?
0.07% (0.17619)
Summary
IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 11.0.0 could allow a remote user to enumerate usernames due to differentiating error messages on existing usernames. IBM X-Force ID: 199181.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199181Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7149876Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199181Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7149876Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Cognos Controller Version: 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 11.0.0
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