CVE-2026-78404CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-78404

Medium · published October 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00132 · 2.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-12T23:16Z
References (1)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291612 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 OCT 03:32Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 12 OCT 18:39Z
    IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility
    cvelistv5
  • 12 OCT 18:39Z
    IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility
    cvelistv5