CVE-2025-33120

HIGH 7.8

IBM QRadar SIEM privilege escalation

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 through 7.5.0 UP13 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges via a misconfigured cronjob due to execution with unnecessary privileges.

CWE	CWE-250
Vendor	ibm
Product	qradar siem
Published	Aug 22, 2025
Last Updated	Feb 26, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

IBM / QRadar SIEM

7.5 ≤ 7.5.0 Update Pack 13

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

ibm.com: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7242869

Credits

John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Ben Goodspeed, Dawid Bak