5.5

CVE-2023-22874: ibm mq Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 05-05-2023Last modified 29-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-22874 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in ibm mq. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm2 products
  • mq9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS
  • mq_appliance≥ 9.2.0.0, < 9.3.2 | ≥ 9.3.0.0, < 9.3.0.5

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links