SB2025092626 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator
Published: September 26, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Protection Mechanism Failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22874)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in crypto/x509 when using ExtKeyUsageAny. When calling Verify with a VerifyOptions.KeyUsages that contains ExtKeyUsageAny it disables policy validation.
This only affected certificate chains which contain policy graphs, which are rather uncommon.
2) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8941)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue in the pam_namespace module. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU111389 (CVE-2025-6020).
3) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6020)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions within the pam_namespace module when handling user-controlled paths. A local user can use specially crafted symlinks and race conditions to execute arbitrary code as root.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.