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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM contains hard-coded credentials (CVE-2020-4269)

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Summary

IBM QRadar SIEM contains hard-coded credentials

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4269
DESCRIPTION:   IBM QRadar contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175845 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

· IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2

Remediation/Fixes

· QRadar / QRM / QVM / QNI 7.4.0 GA (SFS)
· QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.3 Patch 3 (SFS)
· QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.2 Patch 7(SFS)
· QRadar Incident Forensics 7.4.0 (ISO)
· QRadar Incident Forensics 7.4.0 (SFS)

NOTE: Administrators with QRadar Incident Forensics should be aware that a new ISO and SFS file are published to IBM Fix Central for QRadar Incident Forensics 7.4.0 versions

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Yorick Koster

Change History

14 Apr 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2020

UID

ibm16189711