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01 Record

CVE-2018-1543

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly validate the SSL certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

02 Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly validate the SSL certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 65.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-06-27 18:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:48Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-12-13
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.9)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Weaknesses
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
bdd2467fc48092d1d649be7787967de21878c8229edf4a071b641e9ab4d3c975

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMMQ8.0, 9.0—

06 References