Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-6938IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to authorization bypass when uploading to a remote object storage path with a special query

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Db2 from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to authorization bypass when uploading to a remote object storage path with a special query.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Db2	12.1.0 – through 12.1.4

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7273559 vendor-advisory, patch