CVE-2025-36184 (GCVE-0-2025-36184)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-30 21:28
Modified
2026-02-26 15:04
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Version: 11.5.0   ≤ 11.5.9
    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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