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Vulnerability · Published Feb 4, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2024-39724IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service due to lack of throttling on an API

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data versions 7.6 (on CP4D 4.8), 7.7 (on CP4D 5.0), and 7.8 (on CP4D 5.1) do not properly limit the allocation of system resources. An authenticated user with internal knowledge of the environment could exploit this weakness to cause a denial of service.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.6 on Cloud Pak for Data 4.8 – through 2.1.0IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.7 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.0IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.8 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.1

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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