🛡️ CVE-2024-25016 — mq

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-25016 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2024-25016 is recorded against 2 packages.

• mq (from 9.3.0 up to 9.3.0.16)
• mq-appliance (from 9.3.0.0 up to 9.3.5.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ibm.com
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ibm.com

Other advisories for this package

mq has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-1713 (5.0 Medium, published 3 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2025-36128 (7.5 High, published 16 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2025-36100 (5.1 Medium, published 7 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2025-0985 (5.5 Medium, published 28 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2024-54175 (5.5 Medium, published 28 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2024-52898 (6.2 Medium, published 14 Jan 2025)
• CVE-2024-52897 (6.2 Medium, published 19 Dec 2024)
• CVE-2024-52896 (6.2 Medium, published 19 Dec 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29201 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29192 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-1517 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29213 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29191 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29212 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29211 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29207 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)

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