IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile up to 1.1.22 on iOS Local Authentication Framework Library improper check for certificate revocation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile up to 1.1.22 on iOS. This affects an unknown function of the component Local Authentication Framework Library. The manipulation leads to improper check for certificate revocation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-36057. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile up to 1.1.22 on iOS. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Local Authentication Framework Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper check for certificate revocation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-299. The product does not check or incorrectly checks the revocation status of a certificate, which may cause it to use a certificate that has been compromised. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile (iOS) 1.1.0 through 1.1.22 is vulnerable to authentication bypass by using the Local Authentication Framework library which is not needed as biometric authentication is not used in the application.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-36057 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1557.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22134). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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