What is CVE-2025-36051?

CVE-2025-36051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2025-36051?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2025-36051

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5.0 through 7.5.0 Update Package 14 stores potentially sensitive information in configuration files that could be read by a local user.

Published 2026-03-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 0.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager — versions 7.5.0
IBM Qradar Siem — versions 7.5.0
Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-538 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7266709 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36051?: CVE-2025-36051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-36051?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.