What is CVE-2016-5879?

CVE-2016-5879 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Mq Appliance Firmware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-5879?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in IBM Mq Appliance Firmware

CVE-2016-5879

MQCLI on IBM MQ Appliance M2000 and M2001 devices allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted (1) Disaster Recovery or (2) High Availability command.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-09-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Mq Appliance Firmware — versions 8.0
IBM Mq Appliance M2000
IBM Mq Appliance M2001

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92538 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory, Not Applicable)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5879?: CVE-2016-5879 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Mq Appliance Firmware, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-5879?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.