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CVE-2016-3052
Under non-standard configurations, IBM WebSphere MQ might send password data in clear text over the network. This data could be…
Medium5.9EPSS 0.83%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
Under non-standard configurations, IBM WebSphere MQ might send password data in clear text over the network. This data could be intercepted using man in the middle techniques.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- Obtain Information
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM Corporation · WebSphere MQ
- affected 8.0
References (2)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998660 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 96400 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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