CVE-2023-22874
IBM MQ denial of service
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM MQ denial of service
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216.
- Record
CVE-2023-22874- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-26984
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216.
- Record
EUVD-2023-26984- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5mm8-xqjw-537m
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when...
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216.
- Record
GHSA-5mm8-xqjw-537m- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216.
- Record
CVE-2023-22874- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-22874 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Ibm Mq, published May 5, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.