CVE-2025-3631 IBM MQ denial of service
A use-after-free flaw in IBM MQ allows a client to crash the channel process, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3631?
CVE-2025-3631 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in IBM MQ, published on 11 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An IBM MQ 9.3 and 9.4 Client connecting to an MQ Queue Manager can cause a SIGSEGV in the AMQRMPPA channel process terminating it.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3631?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Mq Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2025-3631?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2025-3631 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM MQ
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mprx-jp8f-rw8w.