Security Bulletin: The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

Summary

The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1650
**Description:**IBM QRadar Incident Forensics uses hard-coded credentials which could allow an attacker to bypass the authentication configured by the administrator.
**CVSS Base Score:**5.90
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144656&gt; for the current score
**CVSS Environmental Score:***Undefined
**CVSS Vector:**CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.0 - 7.2.8 Patch 13

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.3.0 - 7.3.1 Patch 4

Remediation/Fixes

QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.1 Patch 5

QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.2.8 Patch 14

Workarounds and Mitigations

None