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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1612

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics (IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2, and 7.3) could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 55.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 55.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics (IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2, and 7.3) could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 144164.

CVSS 3.0
5.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
55.67% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 July 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
ibm/qradar security information and event manager
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%30%60%21 September 2026: 55.67%27 October 2026: 55.67%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 55.7% on 21 September 2026 to 55.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-45005source ↗IBM QRadar SIEM - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)unix · Metasploitremote11 July 2018yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.