What is CVE-2018-1650?

CVE-2018-1650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-1650?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics

CVE-2018-1650

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 uses hard-coded credentials which could allow an attacker to bypass the authentication configured by the administrator. IBM X-Force ID: 144656.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144656 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1650?: CVE-2018-1650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Incident Forensics, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-1650?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.