CVE-2025-36384 (GCVE-0-2025-36384)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 21:27 – Updated: 2026-02-26 15:04
VLAI
Title
IBM Db2 Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7257678 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Affected: 12.1.0 , ≤ 12.1.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.3:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
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