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CVE-2026-5522
QRadar contains hard-coded credentials
Medium6.7EPSS 0.12%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM QRadar 7.5.0 through 7.5.0 UP15 Interim Fix 005 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.12% · top 98% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: IBM strongly encourages customers to update their systems promptly. ProductVersionFixIBM QRadar SIEM 7.5.0 7.5.0 UP15 IF06 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283124
References (1)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7285277 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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