CVE-2023-27859

IBM Db2 code execution

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Jan 22, 2024
Updated: Jun 20, 2025
Reserved: Mar 6, 2023

Description

IBM Db2 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a remote user to execute arbitrary code caused by installing like named jar files across multiple databases. A user could exploit this by installing a malicious jar file that overwrites the existing like named jar file in another database. IBM X-Force ID: 249205.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	ibm

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Db2 for Linux, UNIX and WindowsIBM	10.5, 11.1 ,11.5Affected

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7105503vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249205vdb-entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0002/

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