CVE-2018-1428: IBM DB2

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM GSKit (IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 139073.

Affected products

• IBM DB2: version 9.7 only; version 10.1 only; version 10.5 only; version 11.1 only

Published 2018-03-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.