CVE-2026-6938 (GCVE-0-2026-6938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-27 13:11
Modified
2026-05-27 14:45
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
Summary
IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to authorization bypass when uploading to a remote object storage path with a special query.
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Impacted products
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