What is CVE-2018-1648?

CVE-2018-1648 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-1648?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics

CVE-2018-1648

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 144653.

Published 2018-12-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Qradar Incident Forensics — versions 7.2.8, 7.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144653 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1648?: CVE-2018-1648 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-1648?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.