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CVE-2018-1648

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-326

Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 144653.

Affected products

• IBM QRadar Incident Forensics: from 7.2.0 before 7.2.8; from 7.3.0 before 7.3.1; 7.2.8, 7.2.8-p1, 7.2.8-p10, 7.2.8-p11, 7.2.8-p12, 7.2.8-p13 (+13) — fixed in 7.2.8, 7.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.8, 7.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10737027
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144653
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10737027
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144653

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