CVE-2025-13755 (GCVE-0-2025-13755)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 15:46 – Updated: 2026-05-26 17:51
VLAI
Title
IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to credential exposure in db2diag when executing specific testcase buckets
Summary
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7273554 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Db2 Affected: 11.5.0 , ≤ 11.5.9 (semver)
Affected: 12.1.0 , ≤ 12.1.4 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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