An issue was found within the IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak that would cause plain text passwords to be printed in the container logs. If these logs were mirrored to an external logging service, such as the logging service in IBM Cloud Private, then they would be visible there.
CVEID: CVE-2019-4239 DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159465> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private)
v1.0.0 - v3.0.1
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private on RedHat OpenShift)
v2.1.0 - v2.3.1
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private)
Apply Fix IBM-MQ-Adv-Cloud-Pak-3.0.2 to upgrade to version v3.0.2
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (RedHat OpenShift)
Apply Fix IBM-MQ-Adv-Cloud-Pak-2.3.2-RHOS to upgrade to version v2.3.2
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