Quick answers
- Is CVE-2024-56344 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-56344 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2024-56344?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.9, published 18 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 through 12.0.4 FP2, 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 FP1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2024-56344?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2024-56344 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2024-56344?
- Check whether you run IBM Cognos Analytics at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
This vulnerability is caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) headers in IBM Cognos Analytics. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm) and allows remote attackers to intercept sensitive information using man-in-the-middle (MITM) techniques. The attack requires network adjacency and no authentication, but is mitigated by high complexity (AC:H). An attacker positioned on the network path can intercept HTTPS communications and extract confidential data. Fixes are available: upgrade to Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 FP3 or 12.1.3 FP2.
Affected products
- IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 through 12.0.4 FP2, 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 FP1
Timeline
- 2026-09-18: disclosed