CVE-2018-1551 Privilege escalation in WebSphere MQ

What is CVE-2018-1551?

CVE-2018-1551 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Mq, published on 6 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1551?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Mq.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1551?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1551 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1551 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Mq

• CVE-2009-0896 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-6044 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2018-1998 Command injection in MQ High 8.8
• CVE-2018-1792 Code injection in MQ High 8.8
• CVE-2009-3160 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8

All Ibm Websphere Mq vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-62m7-f9pr-4678.