Vulnerability · Published Oct 12, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-78404IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement 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 0% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.5% 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 12.1.5 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Db2	11.5.0 – through 11.5.912.1.0 – through 12.1.5

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291612 vendor-advisory, patch