# CVE-2022-22321: Weak cryptography in MQ Appliance

> Weak password hashing in IBM MQ Appliance allows attackers to potentially recover user credentials and gain unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:L/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/I:N/S:U/AC:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9r29-rq45-63fq

## What is CVE-2022-22321?

CVE-2022-22321 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq, published on 1 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD and 9.2 LTS local messaging users stored with a password hash that provides insufficient protection. IBM X-Force ID: 218368.

Weakness: CWE-326 (Inadequate Encryption Strength)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22321?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Mq.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22321?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22321 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22321 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22321 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-2022-22321 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22321 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Mq, published on 1 Mar 2022. 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-2022-22321 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-2022-22321/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22321/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22321
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22321
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22321

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22321/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.