IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.1.x before 7.1 MR2 Patch 12 and 7.2.x before 7.2.5 Patch 6 does not properly expire sessions, which allows remote

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• ibm qradar security information and event manager7.1.0
• ibm qradar security information and event manager7.2.0
• ibm qradar security information and event manager7.2.1
• ibm qradar security information and event manager7.2.2
• ibm qradar security information and event manager7.2.3
• ibm qradar security information and event manager7.2.4

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2020-4280IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by insecure deserialization of
  57Plan
• CVE-2020-4888IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.0 to 7.4.2 Patch 1 and 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 7 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system,
  54Plan
• CVE-2018-1418IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a user to bypass authentication which could lead to code execution.
  50Plan
• CVE-2018-1612IBM QRadar Incident Forensics (IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2, and 7.3) could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive inf
  40Plan
• CVE-2026-10025IBM QRadar SIEM has an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability
  39Monitor
• CVE-2021-38869IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 in some situations may not automatically log users out after they exceede their idle timeout.
  39Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.