CVE-2026-105465 (GCVE-0-2026-105465)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-12 18:41 – Updated: 2026-10-13 11:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to privilege escalation when db2ssh is enabled with the db2 instance
Summary
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation when db2locssh is enabled with the db2 instance.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-13 03:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291609 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Db2 |
Affected:
11.5.0 , ≤ 11.5.9
(semver)
Affected: 12.1.0 , ≤ 12.1.5 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.5:*:*:*:*:aix:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.5:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
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- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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