CVE-2025-36128
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs
Summary
IBM MQ versions 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 LTS and 9.3, 9.4 CD are vulnerable to a denial of service caused by improper enforcement of the timeout on individual read operations. A remote attacker could exploit this via slowloris-type attacks to cause a denial of service.
Risk Assessment
The attack could cause unavailability of the IBM MQ service, potentially disrupting systems relying on message queuing, leading to downtime and loss of availability for critical applications.
Recommendation
Apply available patches from IBM and monitor network traffic for patterns characteristic of slowloris attacks. Also consider restricting access to the service to trusted IP addresses only.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM MQ
See all- CVE-2026-12351Critical
IBM MQ versions 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.
- CVE-2026-11727High
IBM MQ for HPE NonStop versions 8.1.0 through 8.1.0.40, C client, could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code due to improper validation of queue manager responses when requesting AMS policy data.
- CVE-2026-11726High
IBM MQ for HPE NonStop versions 8.1.0 through 8.1.0.40 could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service due to improper validation of message header offset values.
- CVE-2026-11725High
IBM MQ could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code due to an integer overflow in MQINQ request processing.
- CVE-2026-11716High
IBM MQ for HPE NonStop versions 8.1.0 through 8.1.0.40 could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code during queue manager startup due to improper validation of cluster migration data.
- CVE-2026-11381High
IBM MQ could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code due to improper validation of message distribution list structures.
- CVE-2026-11378High
IBM MQ could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code due to an integer overflow in distribution list processing.
- CVE-2026-11375High
IBM MQ contains a stack buffer overflow when processing XA transaction identifiers. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
- CVE-2026-10853High
IBM MQ improperly validates cluster command message lengths. An authenticated attacker with cluster access could cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
- CVE-2026-10575High
IBM MQ contains a heap buffer overflow when processing MQPUT operations with malformed distribution headers. An authenticated attacker could cause a denial of service or potentially escalate privileges.
Original NVD description (English source)
IBM MQ 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 LTS and 9.3, 9.4 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper enforcement of the timeout on individual read operations. By conducting slowloris-type attacks, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS