Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in IBM MQ Appliance - CVE-2025-14456

 

Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in IBM MQ Appliance - CVE-2025-14456

Published: February 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123327
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14456
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to IBM MQ Appliance uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerability to decrypt highly sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

IBM MQ Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2025-14456

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM MQ Appliance - update to 9.4.5.0

External References

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