CVE-2022-43863 — IBM QRadar SIEM 7

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4 and 7.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation, allowing a user with some admin capabilities to gain additional admin capabilities. IBM X-Force ID: 239425.

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4 and 7.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation, allowing a user with some admin capabilities to gain additional admin capabilities. IBM X-Force ID: 239425.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	QRadar SIEM	7.4, 7.5

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: 2023-03-22T21:25:01.880Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-25T20:52:46.012Z

09References

• www.ibm.com — https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6964862
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239425