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GHSA-53CF-CJQ2-F8CJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-12 21:31 – Updated: 2026-10-12 21:31

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-12 19:04 – Updated: 2026-10-12 22:53

Title

IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, Unix and Windows Information Disclosure

Summary

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

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290893	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
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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