Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-27365 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Ibm Supplied Mq Advanced Container Images. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 27th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-16 (Memory Protection) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-12823
Vulnerability Data
IBM MQ Operator LTS 2.0.0 through 2.0.29, MQ Operator CD 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.0 through 3.1.3, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.5.0, 3.5.1, and MQ Operator SC2 3.2.0 through 3.2.10 Client connecting to a MQ Queue Manager can cause a SIGSEGV in the…
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AMQRMPPA channel process terminating it.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates the CWE-416 use-after-free in AMQRMPPA by enforcing memory protections that prevent invalid access after deallocation during client channel processing.
Enforces access decisions on MQ Queue Manager connections so only authorized and properly authenticated clients can initiate channel sessions that could trigger the SIGSEGV.
Requires validation of client-supplied data on MQ channel connections, reducing the chance that malformed input reaches the vulnerable AMQRMPPA memory-handling code.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly incorporate memory-safety tooling and reviews that prevent most use-after-free defects.
Vulnerability identification processes can discover use-after-free issues via scanning or analysis but do not prevent their introduction.
Routine patching removes known use-after-free instances after they have been introduced in released software.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development can detect use-after-free bugs before release.
Secure SDLC mandates memory-safety practices that reduce use-after-free defects.
Application security requirements can specify memory-management rules that mitigate use-after-free.
Secure architecture principles include memory-safety design choices that limit use-after-free exposure.
Secure coding standards directly prescribe avoidance of use-after-free patterns.
Change-management processes help ensure memory-safety fixes are deployed consistently.