CVE-2023-27868

8.8 highEPSS 1.6%

High (8.8) in ibm db2. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Db2 JDBC Driver for Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unchecked class instantiation when providing plugin classes. By sending a specially crafted request using the named pluginClassName class, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 249516.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-94
Published: 2023-07-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:db2

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249516
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0006/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7010029
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249516
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0006/

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