CVE-2025-33092
IBM Db2 for Linux code execution
02 Description
IBM Db2 for Linux code execution
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 3.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-07-29 18:36Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 17:50Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- a8a7faac92ed2dedba5eb13b6a597f6f7ea9a3b79733966eaa6c851865d920af
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
Customers running any vulnerable affected level of an affected Program, V11.5, and V12.1, can download the special build containing the interim fix for this issue from Fix Central. These special builds are available based on the most recent affected level for each impacted release: V11.5.9, V12.1.1 and v12.1.2. They can be applied to any affected mod pack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability. Release Fixed in mod pack APAR Download URL V11.5 TBD DT436195 Special Build #62071 or later for V11.5.9 available at this link: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7087189 V12.1 V12.1.2 DT436195 Special Build #62100 or later for V12.1.1 available at this link: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/db2-v1211-published-cumulative-special-build-downloads#52441 12.1.2 Latest: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/db2-v1212-published-cumulative-special-build-downloads IBM does not disclose key Db2 functionality nor replication steps for a vulnerability to avoid providing too much information to any potential malicious attacker. IBM does not want to enable a malicious attacker with sufficient knowledge to craft an exploit of the vulnerability. Note: After December 31, 2025, 11.1 and 10.5 versions of Db2 will not have security fixes made available as they will reach EoS.