CVE-2014-4793 — IBM WebSphere MQ 8.x before 8.0.0.1 does not properly enforce CHLAUTH rules for blocking client connections in certain circumstances related to the CONNAUTH attribute, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended queue-manager access restrictions via unspecified vectors

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IBM WebSphere MQ 8.x before 8.0.0.1 does not properly enforce CHLAUTH rules for blocking client connections in certain circumstances related to the CONNAUTH attribute, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended queue-manager access restrictions via unspecified vectors

Published Oct 2, 2014

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.07%

Description

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.x before 8.0.0.1 does not properly enforce CHLAUTH rules for blocking client connections in certain circumstances related to the CONNAUTH attribute, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended queue-manager access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.07% 0.01075

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01075

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.07% (0.01075)	63.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.07% (0.01075)	60.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.18% (0.00179)	37.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00206)	59.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.21% (0.00206)	58.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00206)	56.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685526
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95208
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685526		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95208		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Oct 2, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 9, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4793

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4793

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4793