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CVE-2018-1551

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2018-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.2 through 8.0.0.8 and 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.3 could allow users to have more authority than they should have if an MQ administrator creates an invalid user group name. IBM X-Force ID: 142888.

Affected products

• IBM Corporation WebSphere MQ: from 8.0.0.2 through 8.0.0.8; from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105040
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142888
• https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716113
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105040
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142888
• https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716113

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