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

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Ibm Db2, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 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.

References