IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5 and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted…

published 2018-07-10 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-12066

cvss: 8.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5 and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege users full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a malicious shared library. IBM X-Force ID: 140972.

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Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.4	CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
CNA	3.0	8.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Technology feeds

IBM Db2 rss critical rss

References

ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016505
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1041231
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/140972
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-1487
NVD CVE-2018-1487

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