Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-12150IBM MQ queue manager is vulnerable to denial of service

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity stack buffer overflow 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 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM MQ 9.1.0.0 through 9.1.0.37 LTS, 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.43 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.41 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.5.1 CD, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.25 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 CD, and 10.0.0.0 could allow a remote attacker with a trusted TLS client certificate to cause a denial of service and potentially affect memory contents due to improper validation of deeply nested certificate data during TLS certificate processing.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM MQ 9.1.0.0 – through 9.1.0.37 LTS9.2.0.0 – through 9.2.0.43 LTS9.3.0.0 – through 9.3.0.41 LTS9.3.0.0 – through 9.3.5.1 CD9.4.0.0 – through 9.4.0.25 LTS9.4.0.0 – through 9.4.5.1 CD10.0.0.0

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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