CVE-2018-1974 Privilege escalation in MQ

What is CVE-2018-1974?

CVE-2018-1974 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Mq, published on 11 Mar 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow an authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges when using multiplexed channels. IBM X-Force ID: 153915.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1974?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Mq.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1974?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1974 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1974 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1974 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-99jr-mh49-q38q.