CVE-2025-36186
IBM Db2 privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- Nov 7, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 15, 2025
Description
IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) under specific configurations could allow a local user to execute malicious code that escalate their privileges to root due to execution of unnecessary privileges operated at a higher than minimum level.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Db2IBM |
|
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7250486vendor-advisorypatch
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