CVE-2019-4448: IBM DB2 High Performance Unload Load

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.1 IF1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.2 IF1, and 6.1.0.1 IF2 db2hpum and db2hpum_debug binaries are setuid root and have built-in options that allow an low privileged user the ability to load arbitrary db2 libraries from a privileged context. This results in arbitrary code being executed with root authority. IBM X-Force ID: 163489.

Affected products

• IBM DB2 High Performance Unload Load: version 6.1 only; version 6.1.0.1 only; version 6.1.0.2 only

Published 2019-08-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.