CVE-2026-105465 (GCVE-0-2026-105465)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-12 18:41
Modified
2026-10-13 11:57
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Db2 Version: 11.5.0   ≤ 11.5.9
Version: 12.1.0   ≤ 12.1.5
    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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