IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile up to 1.1.22 on iOS inadequate encryption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile up to 1.1.22 on iOS. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-36106. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile up to 1.1.22 on iOS and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS) 1.1.0 through 1.1.22 could allow malicious actors to view and modify information coming to and from the application which could then be used to access confidential information on the device or network by using a the deprecated or misconfigured AFNetworking library at runtime.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-36106 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22137). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Business Process Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Cognos Analytics Mobile

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 1.1.13
• 1.1.14
• 1.1.15
• 1.1.16
• 1.1.17
• 1.1.18
• 1.1.19
• 1.1.20
• 1.1.21
• 1.1.22

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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