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CVE-2009-0905

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.7 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0 before 6.0.2.8 and 7.0 before 7.0.1.0 does not properly handle long group names, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging combinations of group names with the same initial substring.

Affected products

• IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: 6.0, 6.0.1.0, 6.0.1.1, 6.0.2.0, 6.0.2.1, 6.0.2.2 (+8)

References

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ37102
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51042
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ37102
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51042

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