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GHSA-HFG5-H6JX-RGVQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-04 21:30 – Updated: 2026-02-05 00:31

Details

IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.6 on Cloud Pak for Data 4.8, 7.7 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.0, and 7.8 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.1 does not properly limit allocation of resources which could allow an authenticated user with internal knowledge of the system to cause a denial of service.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-39724 (GCVE-0-2024-39724)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 20:52 – Updated: 2026-02-04 21:30

Title

IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service due to lack of throttling on an API

Summary

IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data versions 7.6 (on CP4D 4.8), 7.7 (on CP4D 5.0), and 7.8 (on CP4D 5.1) do not properly limit the allocation of system resources. An authenticated user with internal knowledge of the environment could exploit this weakness to cause a denial of service.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

ibm

References

URL

Tags

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7257907

vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	IBM	Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data	Affected: IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.6 on Cloud Pak for Data 4.8 , ≤ 2.1.0 (semver) Affected: IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.7 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.0 Affected: IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.8 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:big_sql:7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:big_sql:7.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:big_sql:7.8:::::::*

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GHSA-HFG5-H6JX-RGVQ

CVE-2024-39724 (GCVE-0-2024-39724)

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