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CVE-2026-13289

IBM MQ Managed File Transfer is vulnerable to XML external entity injection

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 15/11/2026, 01:50:31 UTC
ibm · CVSS:3.1 · 7.1
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Severity

high7.1

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

Source guidance available

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What this means

IBM MQ versions 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.44, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.42, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.26, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1, and 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.5 are vulnerable to XML external entity injection. A remote attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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IBM · ibm

MQ

5 ranges
ibm version evidence

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affected

9.2.0.0 → through 9.2.0.44

semver versions

9.3.0.0 → through 9.3.0.42

semver versions

9.4.0.0 → through 9.4.0.26

semver versions

9.4.0.0 → through 9.4.5.1

semver versions

10.0.0.0 → through 10.0.0.5

semver versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unknown

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:mq:9.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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What to do

Compare your installed product and version with the affected versions above. A matching product name alone does not confirm exposure.

This issue was addressed under Known Issue DT474700.

IBM MQ version 9.2 LTS

Apply cumulative security update 9.2.0.46 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-92-lts

IBM MQ version 9.3 LTS

Apply cumulative security update 9.3.0.43 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-93-lts

IBM MQ version 9.4 LTS

Apply fix pack 9.4.0.30 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-94

IBM MQ version 10.0.LTS

Upgrade to IBM MQ version 10.0.0.6 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-100

IBM MQ version 9.4 CD and 10.0 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ version 10.0.1.0 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-100

ibm guidance ↗

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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IBM MQ 9.2.0.0 through 9.2.0.44 LTS, 9.3.0.0 through 9.3.0.42 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.0.26 LTS, 9.4.0.0 through 9.4.5.1 CD, and 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.5 LTS and CD is 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 resources.

References

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www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7294499
Vendor advisoryibm

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CVE-2026-13289

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-611 ↗

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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Contributing organizations · 2
ibm

Assigning organization

2026-11-04
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-09

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-13289

    Observed 2026-11-09T21:00:49.741Z · upstream updated 2026-11-09T20:51:05.219Z

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