Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack (CVE-2024-31912)

Summary

IBM MQ has addressed a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-31912
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM MQ could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges under certain configurations due to incorrect privilege assignment.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289894 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

The following installable MQ components are affected by the vulnerability:

- Server

If you are running any of these listed components, please apply the remediation/fixes as described below. For more information on the definitions of components used in this list see <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/installable-component-names-used-ibm-mq-security-bulletins&gt;

Remediation/Fixes

This issue was addressed under APAR IT45607

IBM MQ version 9.3 LTS

Apply Fix Pack 9.3.0.20

IBM MQ version 9.3 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ version 9.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

None