CVE-2020-4230

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 11.1 and 11.5 is vulnerable to an escalation of privilege when an authenticated local attacker with special permissions executes specially crafted Db2 commands. IBM X-Force ID: 175212.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 11.1, 11.5

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175212
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/2878809
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175212
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/2878809

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