Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2025 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2025-36136IBM denial of service
Medium 5.1
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits 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 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to the database monitor script incorrectly detecting that the instance is still starting under specific conditions.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7250485 vendor-advisory, patch