CVE-2020-4888

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.0 to 7.4.2 Patch 1 and 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 7 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the Java deserialization function. By sending a malicious serialized Java object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 190912.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-502

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	QRadar SIEM	7.3; 7.4; 7.3.3.Patch.7; 7.4.2.Patch.1

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190912VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6409306Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190912VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6409306Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 28, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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