Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-22489

Critical

Published: 19 August 2022

Published
19 August 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0061 70.1th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-22489 is a critical-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Ibm Mq. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM MQ 8.0, (9.0, 9.1, 9.2 LTS), and (9.1 and 9.2 CD) are 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…

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resources. IBM X-Force ID: 226339.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ibm
mq
8.0.0.0, 9.0.0.0, 9.1.0, 9.1.0.0, 9.2.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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