CVE-2018-1649 Path traversal in QRadar Incident Forensics
Remote attackers can traverse directories to view arbitrary files on IBM QRadar Incident Forensics systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1649?
CVE-2018-1649 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM QRadar Incident Forensics, published on 5 Oct 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 144655.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1649?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Qradar Incident Forensics.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1649?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-1649 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1649 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar Incident Forensics
- CVE-2016-9726 Command injection in IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR1, 7.1, 7.0, 7.2, 7.1 MR2, 7, 7.1 MR2, 7.2.3
- CVE-2016-9727 Command injection in QRadar SIEM
- CVE-2025-33120 IBM QRadar SIEM privilege escalation
- CVE-2018-1648 Weak cryptography in n/a
- CVE-2018-1647 Denial of service in QRadar Incident Forensics
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h73r-4785-f9hp.