Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-36384

IBM DB2 for Linux

IBM Db2 Privilege Escalation

CVSS 3.1

8.4High

Official description

IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 could allow a local user with filesystem access to escalate their privileges due to the use of an unquoted search path element.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
8.4High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (ibm)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
IBM	DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows	12.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.3	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7257678 vendor-advisorypatch

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Details

Published: 2026-01-31
Last updated: 2026-02-26
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): ibm

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.18%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

7.8%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-428
Unquoted Search Path or Element