CVE-2020-5013: IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 may vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 193245.

Affected products

• IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager: from 7.3.0, before 7.3.3 (fixed in 7.3.3); from 7.4.0, before 7.4.2 (fixed in 7.4.2); version 7.3.3 only; version 7.4.2 only

Published 2021-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.