Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in IBM MQ - CVE-2025-36128

 

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in IBM MQ - CVE-2025-36128

Published: October 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117427
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-36128
CWE-ID: CWE-772
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM MQ

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper enforcement of the timeout on individual read operations. A remote attacker can conduct slowloris-type attacks and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-36128

Install updates from vendor's website.

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