# CVE-2024-45638: IBM QRadar EDR information disclosure

> Local privileged users can read plain-text user credentials stored by IBM QRadar EDR, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 1 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r628-467j-rhwp

## What is CVE-2024-45638?

CVE-2024-45638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM QRadar EDR, published on 14 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security QRadar 3.12 EDR stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local privileged user.

Weakness: CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45638?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Security Qradar Edr.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45638?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45638 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar EDR

- [CVE-2023-33861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33861/): IBM Security ReaQta improper certificate validation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-45641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45641/): IBM Security ReaQta improper certificate validation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-36376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36376/): IBM Security QRadar EDR Software has multiple vulnerabilities (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-45643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45643/): IBM QRadar EDR information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-35006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35006/): IBM Security ReaQta HTML injection (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45638 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM QRadar EDR, published on 14 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM QRadar EDR. 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-2024-45638/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45638/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45638
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45638
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45638

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