CVE-2018-1543

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-295

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly validate the SSL certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 142598.

Affected products

IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: 8.0, 9.0

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016346
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142598
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016346
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142598

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