CVE-2025-36247

Published Feb 17, 2026

Last updated 3 months ago

CVSS high 7.1

Overview

Description: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 through 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
NVD status: Analyzed
Products: db2

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.2
Impact score: 4.2
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

psirt@us.ibm.com: CWE-611

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "ECAF5576-B4A5-4DB7-94F0-942F656F0461",
            "versionEndIncluding": "11.5.9",
            "versionStartIncluding": "11.5.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "B1E165E8-F11B-4F13-B54A-90D29CA2ABF8",
            "versionEndIncluding": "11.5.9",
            "versionStartIncluding": "11.5.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "727E2804-2D3D-4C31-A3E5-F99107D02A27",
            "versionEndIncluding": "11.5.9",
            "versionStartIncluding": "11.5.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "2AA1764B-CD82-4B33-B85B-27CA2F7C0ED5",
            "versionEndIncluding": "12.1.3",
            "versionStartIncluding": "12.1.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "8F63D92C-AC19-4FB0-A605-08DC01875E7B",
            "versionEndIncluding": "12.1.3",
            "versionStartIncluding": "12.1.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "E28DCDF3-EF5B-47D6-BD38-C98334B67BE4",
            "versionEndIncluding": "12.1.3",
            "versionStartIncluding": "12.1.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

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