CVE-2026-18096 (GCVE-0-2026-18096)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-12 20:47
Modified
2026-08-13 14:08
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
IBM Db2 12.1.5 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service due to a memory leak.
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