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CVE-2020-4980

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• 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: 2021-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-312

Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 uses less secure methods for protecting data in transit between hosts when encrypt host connections is not enabled as well as data at rest. IBM X-Force ID: 192539.

Affected products

• IBM QRadar SIEM: from 7.3.0 before 7.3.3; from 7.4.0 before 7.4.3; 7.3.3, 7.3.3-p1, 7.3.3-p2, 7.3.3-p3, 7.3.3-p4, 7.3.3-p5 (+3) — fixed in 7.3.3, 7.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.3, 7.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192539
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6472891
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192539
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6472891

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