CVE-2016-8986

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 could allow an authenticated user with access to the queue manager to bring down MQ channels using specially crafted HTTP requests. IBM Reference #: 1998648.

Affected products

IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: 8.0, 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.4 (+1)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998648
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96412
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998648
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96412

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