# CVE-2019-4261: Denial of service in MQ

> Attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM MQ by sending specially crafted messages, disrupting messaging services.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/UI:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/PR:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-25fw-rhx6-pmwr

## What is CVE-2019-4261?

CVE-2019-4261 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Mq, published on 5 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM WebSphere MQ V7.1, 7.5, IBM MQ V8, IBM MQ V9.0LTS, IBM MQ V9.1 LTS, and IBM MQ V9.1 CD are vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by specially crafted messages. IBM X-Force ID: 160013.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4261?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Mq, Ibm Websphere Mq.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-4261?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-4261 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4261 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Mq

- [CVE-2026-10575](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10575/): IBM MQ queue manager is vulnerable to remote code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-11375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11375/): IBM MQ queue manager is vulnerable to remote code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-11378](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11378/): IBM MQ queue manager is vulnerable to remote code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-22489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22489/): XML external entity in MQ (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-10027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10027/): IBM MQ queue manager is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-4261 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-4261 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Mq, published on 5 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4261 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Mq. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4261/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4261/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4261
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4261
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-4261

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