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CVE-2018-1650

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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-798

Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 uses hard-coded credentials which could allow an attacker to bypass the authentication configured by the administrator. IBM X-Force ID: 144656.

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 (+12) — 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=ibm10737025
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144656
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10737025
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144656

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