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CVE-2025-36186: IBM Db2 privilege escalation
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-11-07 · updated 2026-10-07
- Weakness: CWE-250
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.
Affected products
- IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3
References
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