IBM MQ 9.3/9.4 Console Code Exec via Escape Char (CVE-2025-0975)
CVE-2025-0975 Published on February 28, 2025

IBM MQ code execution
IBM MQ 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, and 9.4 CD console could allow an authenticated user to execute code due to improper neutralization of escape characters.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-0975 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component. As data is parsed, an injected/absent/malformed delimiter may cause the process to take unexpected actions.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-0975

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Affected Versions

IBM MQ Version 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, 9.4 CD is affected by CVE-2025-0975

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.43%
Percentile
62.51%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.