CVE-2025-36365 IBM Db2 Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2025-36365?

CVE-2025-36365 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Db2, published on 30 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 - 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 under specific configuration of cataloged remote storage aliases could allow an authenticated user to execute unauthorized commands due to an authorization bypass vulnerability using a user-controlled key.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36365?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Db2.

How do I fix CVE-2025-36365?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2025-36365 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36365 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Db2

• CVE-2012-1797 IBM DB2 9.5 uses world-writable permissions for nodes.reg, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3731 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3193 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-4335 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-3473 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Db2 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mp28-4jvq-g6x7, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-36365.