Quick answers
- Is CVE-2025-33147 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-33147 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2025-33147?
- 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-2025-33147?
- 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-2025-33147 attacked?
- It is attacked from the adjacent network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2025-33147?
- 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
The vulnerability stems from insecure network communication in affected versions of Cognos Analytics, enabling network-adjacent attackers to obtain sensitive information via passive eavesdropping on unencrypted traffic. No authentication or user interaction is required for exploitation. The advisory does not detail a specific fix version.
Affected products
- IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 through 12.0.4 FP2, 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 FP1
Timeline
- 2025-09-18: disclosed