What is CVE-2017-1721?

CVE-2017-1721 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-1721?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2017-1721

IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 could allow an unauthenticated user to execute code remotely with lower level privileges under unusual circumstances. IBM X-Force ID: 134810.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2018-04-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.000

Affected products

IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager — versions 7.2.8, 7.3.0
IBM Security Qradar Siem — versions 7.2, 7.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134810 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1721?: CVE-2017-1721 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-1721?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.