CVE-2016-2872: IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2.x before 7.2.7 and QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.x before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Affected products

• IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager: 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; version 7.2.5 only; …
• IBM Security Qradar Incident Forensics: 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; version 7.2.5 only; …

Published 2016-07-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.