CVE-2020-4682

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 28, 2021 at 12:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:20 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorMQWebSphere MQMQ Appliance

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%

Description

IBM MQ 7.5, 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 LTS, and 9.2 CD could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization of trusted data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 186509.

Remediation

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References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-502

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