CVE-2024-27269
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 could allow a privileged user to configure user management that would disclose unintended sensitive information across tenants. IBM X-Force ID: 284575.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 contains a tenant isolation vulnerability where privileged users can configure user management settings in a manner that causes sensitive information to be disclosed across different tenant partitions. This multi-tenancy security flaw allows data that should be isolated to one tenant to become visible to users in other tenant contexts.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7.5.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify QRadar versionUse the QRadar admin console or run 'qradar_version' command in the console to determine the installed QRadar SIEM version.Affected if The installed version is exactly 7.5.0 (Build 7.5.0-GA) as this is the only affected version listed.
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Confirm multi-tenancy is enabledNavigate to the Admin tab and look for 'Tenant Management' or 'Multi-Tenancy' settings in the QRadar console. Check if multiple tenant partitions have been created.Affected if More than one tenant partition exists in the environment, enabling the multi-tenancy feature.
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Review tenant context assignmentsGo to the User Management section and examine each user's assigned tenant context. Look for users who have access to multiple tenant partitions.Affected if Any user is assigned to more than one tenant context or has cross-partition access privileges.
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Audit privileged user role mappingsExamine the role assignments for users with Administrative or Security Administrator privileges. Check if these roles span across different tenant boundaries.Affected if Privileged users have role mappings that grant access to sensitive resources in tenant partitions other than their primary assignment.
A user is affected if their QRadar installation is version 7.5.0 with multi-tenancy enabled and any privileged user has cross-tenant access or misconfigured tenant isolation settings.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor-supplied patch or upgrade to a fixed version of QRadar 7.5. Additionally, review and audit existing user management configurations and tenant boundaries to ensure proper isolation is enforced.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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