IBM Db2 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 may be vulnerable to an Information Disclosure when using the LOAD utility as under certain circums…

published 2021-12-09 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-7791

cvss: 5.9; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Db2 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 may be vulnerable to an Information Disclosure when using the LOAD utility as under certain circumstances the LOAD utility does not enforce directory restrictions. IBM X-Force ID: 199521.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6523804 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/UI:N/A:N/AC:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/AV:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows

Classification

Technology feeds

IBM Db2 rss critical rss

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6523804
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/195521
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20220225-0005/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-20373
NVD CVE-2021-20373

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