# CVE-2025-36365: IBM Db2 Privilege Escalation

> An authenticated user can execute unauthorized commands and escalate privileges in IBM Db2 due to an authorization bypass in specific remote storage alias configurations.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mp28-4jvq-g6x7, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-36365

## 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 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36365?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3731/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-3193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3193/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-4335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4335/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3473/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-36365 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Ibm Db2. 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-2025-36365/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36365/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36365
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36365
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-36365

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36365/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.