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CVE-2018-1998

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow a local user to inject code that could be executed with root privileges. This is due to…

High8.8EPSS 0.40%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ibm

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 through 9.1.1 could allow a local user to inject code that could be executed with root privileges. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1792. IBM X-ForceID: 154887.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-1998, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ibmCNA (assigner)3.0High8.8CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • IBM · MQ

    • affected 9.0.0.1
    • affected 8.0.0.1
    • affected 8.0.0.2
    • affected 8.0.0.3
    • affected 8.0.0.4
    • affected 8.0.0.5
    • affected 8.0.0.6
    • affected 8.0.0.7
    • affected 9.0.0.2
    • affected 8.0.0.8
    • affected 8.0.0.9
    • affected 9.0.0.3
    • affected 8.0.0.0
    • affected 8.0.0.10
    • affected 9.0.0.0
    • affected 9.0.0.4
    • affected 9.0.0.5
    • affected 9.1.1

References (2)

Sources

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Record last updated .