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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM contains multiple vulnerabilities.

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security QRadar SIEM is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could allow unauthorized access to sensitive data or arbitrary command execution. These issues have been addressed in the latest update.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-36050
DESCRIPTION:   IBM QRadar stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user.
CWE:   CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   6.2
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2025-33121
DESCRIPTION:   IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to an 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.
CWE:   CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   7.1
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2025-33117
DESCRIPTION:   IBM QRadar SIEM could allow a privileged user to modify configuration files that would allow the upload of a malicious autoupdate file to execute arbitrary commands.
CWE:   CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   9.1
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM QRadar SIEM7.5 - 7.5.0 UP12 IF01

 

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

ProductVersionFix
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5.0QRadar 7.5.0 UP12 IF02

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Ben Goodspeed, and Dawid Bak from the IBM Security Ethical Hacking Team.

Change History

19 Jun 2025: 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:
19 June 2025

UID

ibm17237317