CVE-2025-27902 (GCVE-0-2025-27902)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-12 19:04 – Updated: 2026-10-12 22:53
VLAI
Title
IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, Unix and Windows Information Disclosure
Summary
IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2 uses a web link with untrusted references to an external site. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions on the victims’ web browser
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-12 22:41 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1022 - Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1229 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290893 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows Affected: 5.5 IF 2
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:if2:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:if2:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:if2:*:*:*:unix:*:*
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