CVE-2026-16480

IBM® Db2® is affected by an improper authorization vulnerability in the certain command, allowing a non-privileged user to bypass authority checks and modify database catalog data.

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: Aug 12, 2026
Updated: Aug 13, 2026
Reserved: Jul 21, 2026

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Description

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is affected by an improper authorization vulnerability in the certain command, allowing a non-privileged user to bypass authority checks and modify database catalog data.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	ibm

Weaknesses

CWE-602 Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Db2IBM	11.5.0 through 11.5.9Affected 12.1.0 through 12.1.5Affected

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7282951vendor-advisorypatch

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