CVE-2026-12660
IBM MQ Path Traversal
02 Description
IBM MQ Path Traversal
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.
- 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
- 2026-10-19 16:40Z9 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20 16:11Z8 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-18
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7bd1bf38d5a2f209ac71cd7c5fc9adf950a5e9e0cc798c9c75f487af4057b650
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
Issues mentioned by this security bulletin are addressed in - * IBM MQ Operator v4.1.0 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/10.0.x CD release that included IBM supplied MQ Advanced 10.0.1.0-r1 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/10.0.x container image. * IBM MQ Operator v4.0.5 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/10.0.x SC2 release that included IBM supplied MQ Advanced 10.0.0.5-r2 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/10.0.x container image. * IBM MQ Operator v3.2.30 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.4.x SC2 release that included IBM supplied MQ Advanced 9.4.0.26-r2 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.4.x container image. * IBM MQ Container 10.0.1.0-r1 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/10.0.x and 10.0.0.5-r2 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/10.0.x release. IBM strongly recommends applying the latest container images. IBM MQ Operator v4.1.0 CD release details: Image Fix Version Registry Image Location ibm-mq-operator v4.1.0 icr.io icr.io/cpopen/ibm-mq-operator@sha256:ed9a217869637c8749270fd485517ea62c8dffbd198a8f7090042ebbeb5bd127 ibm-mqadvanced-server 10.0.1.0-r1 cp.icr.io cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-mqadvanced-server@sha256:06f0892b36e879d0f8957477deeabfe2b4e0fda13f64792edbe7825caf7b77e3 ibm-mqadvanced-server-dev 10.0.1.0-r1 icr.io icr.io/ibm-messaging/ibm-mqadvanced-server-dev@sha256:129d1d736e94bae071039136585734b7ccc6cfd6e1cc7dacb9af59e60d0a57c2 IBM MQ Operator v4.0.5 SC2 release details: Image Fix Version Registry Image Location ibm-mq-operator v4.0.5