CVE-2021-38999 Information disclosure in MQ Appliance
Medium 5.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38999 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-38999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM MQ Appliance, published on 30 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38999 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: IBM MQ Appliance. 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-2021-38999/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38999/index.md)
A local attacker can obtain sensitive information from trace logs in the IBM MQ Appliance.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-38999?
CVE-2021-38999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM MQ Appliance, published on 30 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38999?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Mq Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38999?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38999 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-38999 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38999 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Appliance
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2x6g-9jmv-rxr5.