8.1High
Ibm Db2
CVE-2026-87958
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is vulnerable to a denial of service where a specific functionality on a Db2 server can be disabled by a privileged user under certain conditions.
What this means for your business
- It affects Ibm Db2. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 11% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Ibm Db2, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.1 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Assigned by
- psirt@us.ibm.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-10
- Last modified
- 2026-09-14
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Ibm Db211.5 - 11.5.9, 12.1.0 - 12.1.5
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.