Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data have an authorization-boundary weakness. A privileged user may be able to perform operations or access sensitive information beyond their intended authority.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority enterprise data-platform issue. The attacker must already be privileged, but successful abuse could undermine data integrity and expose sensitive information.
Technical view
The issue affects versions 4.8 through 5.3 and is attributed to improper token validation. CVSS 3.1 is 6.0: network reachable, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, with low confidentiality, high integrity, and low availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running the affected IBM Db2 or Db2 Warehouse components on Cloud Pak for Data versions 4.8, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, or 5.3.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not indicate active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked KEV. Risk depends heavily on privileged account control because exploitation requires high privileges.
Researcher notes
The source bundle names improper token validation while listing CWE-295. Evidence does not include exploit details, indicators of compromise, or fixed version numbers, so remediation should follow IBM’s advisory directly.
Mitigation direction
- Review IBM advisory 7277112 for the vendor-specified fix path.
- Apply IBM-provided patches or upgrades for affected Db2 Cloud Pak for Data deployments.
- Restrict privileged access to trusted administrators only.
- Review privileged token/session handling and revoke suspicious sessions.
- Monitor administrative actions for operations outside expected authority.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Db2 and Db2 Warehouse Cloud Pak for Data versions.
- Identify deployments running versions 4.8, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, or 5.3.
- Confirm IBM advisory remediation has been applied where applicable.
- Review privileged user activity for unauthorized operations or sensitive data access.
- Verify role boundaries with non-offensive administrative access tests.
Public sources used
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CWE-295: Exact CWE lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L1.24.7ibmVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7277112CVE reference, ibm · vendor-advisory, patch
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Certificate Validation
Improper Certificate Validation represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.