IBM MQ up to 10.0.0.5 input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in IBM MQ up to 9.2.0.44/9.3.0.42/9.4.0.26/9.4.5.1/10.0.0.5. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-12550. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM MQ up to 9.2.0.44/9.3.0.42/9.4.0.26/9.4.5.1/10.0.0.5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM MQ 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.44 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.42 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.26 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 CD, and 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.5 LTS and CD could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service due to improper validation of message selection parameters.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-12550 since 06/17/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/04/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• MQ

Version

• 9.2.0.0
• 9.2.0.1
• 9.2.0.2
• 9.2.0.3
• 9.2.0.4
• 9.2.0.5
• 9.2.0.6
• 9.2.0.7
• 9.2.0.8
• 9.2.0.9
• 9.2.0.10
• 9.2.0.11
• 9.2.0.12
• 9.2.0.13
• 9.2.0.14
• 9.2.0.15
• 9.2.0.16
• 9.2.0.17
• 9.2.0.18
• 9.2.0.19
• 9.2.0.20
• 9.2.0.21
• 9.2.0.22
• 9.2.0.23
• 9.2.0.24
• 9.2.0.25
• 9.2.0.26
• 9.2.0.27
• 9.2.0.28
• 9.2.0.29
• 9.2.0.30
• 9.2.0.31
• 9.2.0.32
• 9.2.0.33
• 9.2.0.34
• 9.2.0.35
• 9.2.0.36
• 9.2.0.37
• 9.2.0.38
• 9.2.0.39
• 9.2.0.40
• 9.2.0.41
• 9.2.0.42
• 9.2.0.43
• 9.2.0.44
• 9.3.0.0
• 9.3.0.1
• 9.3.0.2
• 9.3.0.3
• 9.3.0.4
• 9.3.0.5
• 9.3.0.6
• 9.3.0.7
• 9.3.0.8
• 9.3.0.9
• 9.3.0.10
• 9.3.0.11
• 9.3.0.12
• 9.3.0.13
• 9.3.0.14
• 9.3.0.15
• 9.3.0.16
• 9.3.0.17
• 9.3.0.18
• 9.3.0.19
• 9.3.0.20
• 9.3.0.21
• 9.3.0.22
• 9.3.0.23
• 9.3.0.24
• 9.3.0.25
• 9.3.0.26
• 9.3.0.27
• 9.3.0.28
• 9.3.0.29
• 9.3.0.30
• 9.3.0.31
• 9.3.0.32
• 9.3.0.33
• 9.3.0.34
• 9.3.0.35
• 9.3.0.36
• 9.3.0.37
• 9.3.0.38
• 9.3.0.39
• 9.3.0.40
• 9.3.0.41
• 9.3.0.42
• 9.4.0.0
• 9.4.0.1
• 9.4.0.2
• 9.4.0.3
• 9.4.0.4
• 9.4.0.5
• 9.4.0.6
• 9.4.0.7
• 9.4.0.8
• 9.4.0.9
• 9.4.0.10
• 9.4.0.11
• 9.4.0.12
• 9.4.0.13
• 9.4.0.14
• 9.4.0.15
• 9.4.0.16
• 9.4.0.17
• 9.4.0.18
• 9.4.0.19
• 9.4.0.20
• 9.4.0.21
• 9.4.0.22
• 9.4.0.23
• 9.4.0.24
• 9.4.0.25
• 9.4.0.26
• 9.4.5.0
• 9.4.5.1
• 10.0.0.0
• 10.0.0.1
• 10.0.0.2
• 10.0.0.3
• 10.0.0.4
• 10.0.0.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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