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CVE-2021-39088

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-07-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation if this could be combined with other unknown vulnerabilities then privilege escalation could be performed. IBM X-Force ID: 216111.

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-fix_pack_1, 7.3.3-fix_pack_10, 7.3.3-fix_pack_11, 7.3.3-fix_pack_2, 7.3.3-fix_pack_3 (+13) — 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/216111
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6607129
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216111
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6607129

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