IBM QRadar SIEM

CVE-2018-1730

HIGH 7.1

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 1.85 % · percentile 79 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2018-12-05 17:00 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 18:04 UTC
Assigner: ibm
NVD status: Modified

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Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 147709.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:L/AV:N/C:H/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O	ibm
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L	NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-12309
GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-1730

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2018-AVI-584 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM QRadar SIEM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.2.0 ≤ 7.2.8
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.3.0 ≤ 7.3.1
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.2.8:p13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.3.1:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
IBM · QRadar SIEM	affected 7.2 ; affected 7.3

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

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