IBM MQ Managed File Transfer is vulnerable to XML external entity injection

Summary

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 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Remediation

1. Inventory every IBM MQ deployment, including staging.
2. No fixed version appears in the public sources yet. Check the references below and the vendor directly.

References

• Patchhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7294499