CVE-2026-12351

IBM MQ is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution via JNDI injection

Published Sep 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM MQ 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.41 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.5.1 CD, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.25 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 LTS, and 10.0.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to unsafe JNDI lookup processing when the IVT application is deployed.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.3.0.0`	affected	≤ 9.3.0.41 LTS
`9.3.0.0`	affected	≤ 9.3.5.1 CD
`9.4.0.0`	affected	≤ 9.4.0.25 LTS
`9.4.0.0`	affected	≤ 9.4.5.1 LTS
`10.0.0.0`	affected	—

No data.

Vendor Product Versions

Ibm

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[9.3.0.0,9.3.0.41 LTS]`	affected	generic	—
`[9.3.0.0,9.3.5.1 CD]`	affected	generic	—
`[9.4.0.0,9.4.0.25 LTS]`	affected	generic	—
`[9.4.0.0,9.4.5.1 LTS]`	affected	generic	—
`10.0.0.0`	affected	generic	—

Remediation

Vendor Solution

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. This issue was addressed under known issue DT473754 IBM MQ version 9.3 LTS Apply cumulative security update https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-93-lts 9.3.0.42 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-93-lts IBM MQ version 9.4 LTS Apply cumulative security update 9.4.0.26 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-94-lts IBM MQ version 9.3 CD, 9.4 CD and 10.0.0.0 Upgrade to IBM MQ version 10.0.0.5 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-100

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.860% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284541

History

Sep 15, 2026 7:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sep 15, 2026 5:30 PM Description updated. Title updated. First appearance in the feed. Weaknesses updated. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM MQ 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.41 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.5.1 CD, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.25 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 LTS, and 10.0.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to unsafe JNDI lookup processing when the IVT application is deployed.
Title		IBM MQ is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution via JNDI injection
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm mq
Weaknesses		CWE-74
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:10.0.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.3.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.3.0.41:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.3.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.4.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.4.0.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.4.5.1:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm mq
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284541
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`