CVE-2025-36041 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of the IBM MQ Operator, including LTS, CD, and SC2 releases. This flaw allows an attacker to configure the Native HA CRR with an unintended private key and chain, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure or unauthorized actions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, posing a high risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest from threat actors.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq_operator:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq_operator:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.3.0, <= 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq_operator:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq_operator:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq_operator:*:*:*:*:cd:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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