Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-23225IBM MQ denial of service

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in MQ from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM MQ 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, and 9.4 CD could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to the improper handling of invalid headers sent to the queue.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	MQ	9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, 9.4 CD

Weakness: CWE-230 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183372 vendor-advisory