CVE-2026-18096
IBM® Db2® could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service due to a memory leak
02 Description
IBM® Db2® could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service due to a memory leak
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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 2.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.3 (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:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.
- 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
- 2026-08-12 20:47Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-13 14:08Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-28
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c3b9c8310b903d2fdc47150cdd180e10e560f1b19bba722a84693e9a4b9a58f5
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
Customers running any vulnerable affected level of an affected Program, V12.1, can download the security update containing the interim fix for this issue from Fix Central. These security updates are available based on the most recent level for each impacted release: V12.1.5. They can be applied to any affected level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability. ReleaseFixed in mod packAPARDownload URL V12.1 TBD https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7282633 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.