Medium severity · published Feb 28, 2025
CVE-2025-0985
IBM MQ 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, and 9.4 CD stores potentially sensitive information in environment variables that could be obtained by a local user
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM MQ 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, and 9.4 CD
stores potentially sensitive information in environment variables that could be obtained by a local user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MQ
MQ · Ibm
9.3.0; 9.3.0; 9.4.0; 9.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0985
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0985
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7184453
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