{"id":"CVE-2024-39742","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-39742","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:24:37.463Z","title":"IBM MQ Operator 3.2.2 and IBM MQ Operator 2.0.24 could allow a user to bypass authentication under certain configurations due to a partial string comparison vulnerability.","description":"IBM MQ Operator 3.2.2 and IBM MQ Operator 2.0.24 could allow a user to bypass authentication under certain configurations due to a partial string comparison vulnerability.  IBM X-Force ID:  297169.","published":"2024-07-08T14:15:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:42:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-187","CWE-697"],"affected":["ibm/mq operator"],"epss":{"score":0.00763,"percentile":0.55099,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/297169","tags":["VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7159714","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/297169","tags":["VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7159714","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39742","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}