CVE-2016-2871: IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 before MR2 Patch 13 and 7.2 before 7.2.7 uses cleartext storage for unspecified passwords, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a configuration file.

Affected products

• IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager: up to and including 7.1.0; version 7.2.0 only; version 7.2.1 only; version 7.2.2 only; version 7.2.3 only; version 7.2.4 only; …

Published 2016-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.