# CVE-2025-27902: IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, Unix and Windows Information Disclosure

> A remote attacker can exploit untrusted web links in IBM DB2 Recovery Expert to expose sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions in the victim's browser.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 12 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53cf-cjq2-f8cj

## What is CVE-2025-27902?

CVE-2025-27902 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows, published on 12 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2 uses a web link with untrusted references to an external site. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions on the victims’ web browser

Weakness: CWE-1022 (Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27902?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-27902?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27902 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-27902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-27902 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-27902 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows, published on 12 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27902/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27902/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27902
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27902
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27902

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27902/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.