CVE-2017-1438: IBM DB2

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local user with DB2 instance owner privileges to obtain root access. IBM X-Force ID: 128057.

Affected products

• IBM DB2: version 9.7 only; version 9.7.0.1 only; version 9.7.0.2 only; version 9.7.0.3 only; version 9.7.0.4 only; version 9.7.0.5 only; …
• IBM DB2 Connect: version 9.7 only; version 9.7.0.1 only; version 9.7.0.2 only; version 9.7.0.3 only; version 9.7.0.4 only; version 9.7.0.5 only; …

Published 2017-09-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.