CVE-2025-33121 (GCVE-0-2025-33121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-19 17:14 – Updated: 2025-08-24 11:45
VLAI?
Title
IBM QRadar SIEM XML external entity injection
Summary
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 through 7.5.0 Update Package 12 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237317 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM QRadar SIEM Affected: 7.5 , ≤ 7.5.0 Update Pack 12 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.5.0:update_pack_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Ben Goodspeed, Dawid Bak
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