CVE-2010-2637

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0 before 6.0.2.9 and 7.0 before 7.0.1.1 does not encrypt the username and password in the security parameters field, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network traffic from a .NET client application.

Affected products

IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: 6.0, 6.0.0.0, 6.0.1.0, 6.0.1.1, 6.0.2.0, 6.0.2.1 (+12)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ56005
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007069
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014224
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63114
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ56005
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007069
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014224
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63114

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