CVE-2026-11728
HighCVSS 8.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk47th percentile - higher than 47% of all known CVEs
Summary
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in IBM MQ occurs when receiving messages from a malicious queue manager or through a man-in-the-middle attack. It affects multiple LTS and CD versions, including 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, and 10.0.0.0. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code in the client.
Risk Assessment
Organizations using IBM MQ are exposed to service disruptions or client takeover by an attacker. This could lead to data leakage, loss of business continuity, or further escalation within the network.
Recommendation
Immediately update IBM MQ to the latest patched version and implement authentication and connection encryption mechanisms to reduce the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks.
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 9.1.0.0 through 9.1.0.37 LTS, 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.43 LTS, 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 CD, and 10.0.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code in the client due to a heap buffer overflow when receiving messages from a malicious queue manager or through a man-in-the-middle attack.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS