# CVE-2016-9722: Missing authorization in Security QRadar SIEM

> Attackers can read or modify security-critical resources in IBM QRadar due to improper permission settings, potentially compromising data integrity and confidentiality.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p7h8-p48v-gf6r

## What is CVE-2016-9722?

CVE-2016-9722 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager, published on 10 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM QRadar 7.2 and 7.3 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 119737.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9722?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-9722?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9722 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-9722 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-9722 exists.

Public exploit code:

- IBM QRadar SIEM Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (metasploit)
- IBM QRadar SIEM - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (exploitdb)
- IBM QRadar SIEM - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager

- [CVE-2019-4210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4210/): Auth bypass in QRadar SIEM (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2014-3062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3062/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-33117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33117/): IBM QRadar SIEM command execution (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-4512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4512/): Command injection in QRadar SIEM (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2015-2011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2011/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9722 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-9722 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager, published on 10 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-9722 exists.

Affected product: Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9722/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9722/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9722
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9722
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9722

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