CVE-2018-1647 — IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2 and 7.3 does not properly restrict the size or amount of resources requested which could allow an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 144650.

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2 and 7.3 does not properly restrict the size or amount of resources requested which could allow an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 144650.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-10-05T13:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T20:06:14.207Z

09References

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144650
• www.ibm.com — https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10729705