CVE-2025-36186: IBM DB2

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: from 12.1.0, up to and including 12.1.3

Published 2025-11-07. Last modified 2026-10-07.