CVE-2026-78404
IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 12, 2026 at 06:39 PM UTC
Updated: October 13, 2026 at 04:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDB2
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
6.5MEDIUMibm
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-269
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