IBM MQ Operator up to 2.0.29/3.2.21/3.8.1 neutralization for logs

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM MQ Operator up to 2.0.29/3.2.21/3.8.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to neutralization for logs. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-12755. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM MQ Operator up to 2.0.29/3.2.21/3.8.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a neutralization for logs vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-117. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes output that is written to logs. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM MQ Operator (SC2 v3.2.0–3.8.1, LTS v2.0.0–2.0.29) and IBM‑supplied MQ Advanced container images (across affected SC2, CD, and LTS 9.3.x–9.4.x releases) contain a vulnerability where log messages are not properly neutralized before being written to log files. This flaw could allow an unauthorized user to inject malicious data into MQ log entries, potentially leading to misleading logs, log manipulation, or downstream log‑processing issues.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12755 since 11/05/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/17/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• MQ Operator

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12
• 2.0.13
• 2.0.14
• 2.0.15
• 2.0.16
• 2.0.17
• 2.0.18
• 2.0.19
• 2.0.20
• 2.0.21
• 2.0.22
• 2.0.23
• 2.0.24
• 2.0.25
• 2.0.26
• 2.0.27
• 2.0.28
• 2.0.29
• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 3.2.7
• 3.2.8
• 3.2.9
• 3.2.10
• 3.2.11
• 3.2.12
• 3.2.13
• 3.2.14
• 3.2.15
• 3.2.16
• 3.2.17
• 3.2.18
• 3.2.19
• 3.2.20
• 3.2.21
• 3.8.0
• 3.8.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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