Cross-site request forgery in IBM MQ Appliance
Priority LOW 38CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 and 9.2 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 191815.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00397 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | MQ Appliance | 9.1; 9.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- MQ Appliance VendorIBM Affected 9.1; 9.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-4938
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvf5-hc5m-grm8
References
More IBM Mq Appliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-03985 Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM MQ CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-01080 OS command injection in IBM MQ Appliance CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-00826 IBM MQ code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-11446 IBM MQ denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-16522 IBM MQ code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-03035 IBM MQ 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.10, 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.5, and 9.1.0.0 through 9.1.1 is… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-4938 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-4938 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vvf5-hc5m-grm8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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