CVE-2018-1685: IBM DB2

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 contains a vulnerability in db2cacpy that could allow a local user to read any file on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 145502.

Affected products

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

Published 2018-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.