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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Explorer is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack (CVE-2022-22489)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Explorer is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack due to improper XML validation in the import Wizard.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22489
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226339 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

The following installable MQ components are affected by the vulnerability:

• IBM MQ Explorer

If you are running any of these listed components, please apply the remediation/fixes as described below.  For more information on the definitions of components used in this list see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/installable-component-names-used-ibm-mq-security-bulletins

Affected Product(s)

Version(s)
IBM MQ9.1 LTS
IBM MQ9.0 LTS
IBM MQ8.0
IBM MQ9.2 CD
IBM MQ9.1 CD
IBM MQ9.2 LTS

 

Remediation/Fixes

This issue was resolved under APAR IT39183

IBM MQ Version 8

Apply iFix for APAR IT39183

IBM MQ Version 9.0

Apply FixPack 9.0.0.13

IBM MQ Version 9.1 LTS

Apply FixPack 9.1.0.11

IBM MQ Version 9.2 LTS

Apply FixPack 9.2.0.5

IBM MQ Version 9.1 CD and Version 9.2 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ Version 9.3

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

19 Jan 2023: Updated information to indicate MQ components affected
17 Aug 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
19 January 2023

UID

ibm16613021

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