Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-36100IBM MQ information disclosure

Medium 5.1

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 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 99.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM MQ LTS 9.1.0.0 through 9.1.0.29, 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.36, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.30 and 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.12 and IBM MQ CD 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.5.1 and 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.3.0  Java and JMS stores a password in client configuration files when trace is enabled which can be read by a local user.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM MQ 9.1.0.0 – through 9.1.0.299.2.0.0 – through 9.2.0.369.3.0.0 – through 9.3.0.309.4.0.0 – through 9.4.0.12
IBM MQ 9.3.0.0 – through 9.3.5.19.4.0.0 – through 9.4.3.0

Weakness: CWE-260 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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