Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-7884IBM Cognos Analytics versions 12.0.4 and 12.1.3 is affected by security vulnerabilities

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Cognos Analytics from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 FP1, and 12.0.4 through 12.0.4 FP2 allows a non-privileged user to edit their given name and surname to include malicious JavaScript code. When an administrator later accesses the user account management panel and views that user's permissions, the malicious JavaScript code is executed. This could result in the cookies from the administrator being compromised.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Cognos Analytics	12.1.0 – through 12.1.3 FP112.0.4 – through 12.0.4 FP2

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7287209 vendor-advisory, patch