Qradar Security Information And Event Manager
CVE-2024-28786
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V12 - Secure Communication Transport encryption
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.03%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that could be obtained by an unauthorized actor using man in the middle techniques. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-319. IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that could be obtained by an unauthorized actor using man in the middle techniques. Affected products include: Ibm Qradar Security Information And Event Manager.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that could be obtained by an unauthorized actor using man in the middle techniques.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2024-28786 presents notable security risk rated CVSS 6.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which
GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of
IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a user to bypass authentication which could lead to code execution. Rat
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by insecur
IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.
IBM QRadar Incident Forensics (IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2, and 7.3) could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and
IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 could allow a local user to gain escalated privileges due to weak file permissions. Ra
IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it use
Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2 and 7.2 MR2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary c
IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3),
IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 could allow an authenticated user to send a specially crafted command which would be e
IBM QRadar 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. Rated hi
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