Vulnerability · CVE-2025-33120
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.
Published Aug 22, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · IBM QRadar SIEM
Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-33120. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of IBM QRadar SIEM is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.15%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 ≤7.5.0 Update Pack 13
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.
Are you affected?
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- vendor IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 ≤7.5.0 Update Pack 137.5 ≤7.5.0 Update Pack 13
How to fix CVE-2025-33120
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 7.5 ≤7.5.0 Update Pack 13
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-33120. EPSS is 0.15%. Act only if a listed version of IBM QRadar SIEM is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 ≤7.5.0 Update Pack 13 7.5 ≤7.5.0 Update Pack 13. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.15%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 22, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-33120
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-33120
30-day exploitation probability 0.15%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25525
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.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
- EUVDOct 22, 2026