CVE-2025-36184 (GCVE-0-2025-36184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 21:28 – Updated: 2026-01-31 04:56
VLAI?
Title
IBM Db2 Privilege Escalation
Summary
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 - 11.5.9 could allow an instance owner to execute malicious code that escalate their privileges to root due to execution of unnecessary privileges operated at a higher than minimum level.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Affected: 11.5.0 , ≤ 11.5.9 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:zos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:zos:*:*
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