What is CVE-2018-1649?

CVE-2018-1649 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2018-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-1649?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics

CVE-2018-1649

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 144655.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-10-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Qradar Incident Forensics — versions 7.2, 7.3
IBM Qradar Incident Forensics — versions 7.2.8, 7.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144655 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1649?: CVE-2018-1649 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2018-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-1649?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.