Insufficient session expiration in IBM MQ Appliance



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-40230
CWE-ID CWE-613
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 IBM MQ Appliance
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Insufficient Session Expiration

EUVDB-ID: #VU82028

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40230

CWE-ID: CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote user can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM MQ Appliance: before 9.2.5 CSU03

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6622051


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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