CVE-2026-78404

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.

CVSS 3.1

6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 0% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-269

Published

2026-10-12

Modified

2026-10-13

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291612

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