CVE-2024-28786

Sensitive-data disclosure via cleartext communications

Published Jan 27, 2025 · Updated Jan 28, 2025

Cleartext transmission in IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 allows physically proximate attackers to read sensitive data from communications. IBM has not identified the affected channel, protocol, component, or the specific data sent without transport protection. Exploitation requires an unauthenticated man-in-the-middle position on an adjacent network, and the reported consequence is confidentiality loss only.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Cleartext transmission in IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 allows physically proximate attackers to read sensitive data from communications. IBM has not identified the affected channel, protocol, component, or the specific data sent without transport protection. Exploitation requires an unauthenticated man-in-the-middle position on an adjacent network, and the reported consequence is confidentiality loss only.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-28786
Published
Jan 27, 2025
Updated
Jan 28, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
QRadar SIEM
Classifications
CWE-319, T1557
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · QRadar SIEMversion=7.5

Published CVSS scores

6.5IBM X-ForceCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
T1557Adversary-in-the-Middle

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