Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection and server-side request forgery (CVE-2024-22354 & CVE-2024-22329)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed XML External Entity (XXE) injection and server-side request forgery vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-22354
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.5 are vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, or to conduct a server-side request forgery attack. IBM X-Force ID: 280401.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280401 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22329
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.3 are vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct the SSRF attack. X-Force ID: 279951.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279951 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed under APAR IT46058

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.3 LTS

Apply IBM MQ Appliance 9.3.0.20 fix pack, or later firmware.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.3 CD

Apply IBM MQ Appliance 9.3.5.2 cumulative security update, or later firmware.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None