CVE-2022-22355 Denial of service in MQ Appliance

Medium 5.3 Published 5 Apr 2022 Updated 17 Sep 2024

An attacker can cause a drop in performance in the IBM MQ Appliance login component, leading to a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-22355?

CVE-2022-22355 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM MQ Appliance, published on 5 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD and 9.2 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service in the Login component of the application which could allow an attacker to cause a drop in performance.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22355?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Mq Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22355?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22355 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-22355 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-23m2-2fch-phwm.