IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to remote code execution due to improper pre-auth DRDA handshake handling
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to remote code execution due to improper pre-auth DRDA handshake handling.
- Published
- Jun 30, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 2, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 57th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · ibm
- 9.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | db2 | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm db211.5.0 and later · up to 11.5.9 inclusive
- ibm db212.1.0 and later · up to 12.1.4 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
IBM Db2
- 11.5.0 and later · up to and including 11.5.9affected · semver
- 12.1.0 and later · up to and including 12.1.4affected · semver
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-2582Multiple buffer overflows in the DB2 JDBC Applet Server (DB2JDS) service in IBM DB2 9.x and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) execute ar48Plan
- CVE-2010-3731Stack-based buffer overflow in the validateUser implementation in the com.ibm.db2.das.core.DasSysCmd function in db2dasrrm in the DB2 Admini43Plan
- CVE-2010-3193Unspecified vulnerability in the DB2STST program in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP9, 9.5 before FP6, and 9.7 before FP2 has unknown impact and attack41Plan
- CVE-2009-4335Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in bundled stored procedures in the Spatial Extender component in IBM DB2 9.5 before FP5 have unknown i41Plan
- CVE-2009-3473IBM DB2 9.1 before FP8 does not require the SETSESSIONUSER privilege for the SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION statement, which has unspecified impa41Plan
- CVE-2008-6821Buffer overflow in the DAS server in IBM DB2 8 before FP17, 9.1 before FP5, and 9.5 before FP2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary co41Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-976217 days apartIBM® Data Server driver for JDBC and SQLJ is vulnerable to remote code execution when jdbc url is under user control31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Noroxi analysis
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No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.