CVE-2026-19645: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Agent images

Published Aug 27, 2026
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Updated

An authenticated user with a valid session cookie can submit arbitrarily large or computationallyexpensive requests that cause the LLM agent workers to be held for extended periods — rangingfrom tens of seconds to over ten minutes per request. When multiple such requests are sentconcurrently, the agent worker pool becomes exhausted, causing all other IBM MQ Console users toexperience degraded performance or complete unavailability of the AI Agent feature.

Affected Software

1 affected component
IBM MQ Agent<=CD: v1.0.0, v1.0.1, v2.0.0, v2.0.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade IBM MQ Agent CD to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in v2.0.2
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade ibm-mq-agent-embedding-service to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in v2.0.2
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade ibm-mq-agent-mcp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in v2.0.2
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade ibm-mq-agent-runtime to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in v2.0.2

Event History

Aug 27, 2026
CVE Published
via IBM·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via IBM·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Sep 4, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:20 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:20 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Does exploiting this issue require elevated privileges or user interaction?

The issue is rated as requiring low privileges and no user interaction. The attacker must have a valid authenticated session cookie.

2

Can this issue directly expose or modify data?

The supplied CVSS vector indicates no confidentiality or integrity impact. The documented impact is availability loss affecting the AI Agent feature for IBM MQ Console users.

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