IBM MQ privilege escalation
Priority LOW 35CWE-424Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper validation of security keys. IBM X-Force ID: 269535.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00186 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46176
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8jv2-3395-qjhf
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-2020-04160 Cross-site request forgery in IBM MQ Appliance CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-16522 IBM MQ code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-46176 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-46176 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8jv2-3395-qjhf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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