Vulnerability · CVE-2025-36384
IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 could allow a local user with filesystem access to escalate their privileges due to the use of an unquoted search path element.
Published Jan 30, 2026 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Last checked Nov 6, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36384. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- High8.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.18%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 12.1.0 ≤12.1.3
IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 could allow a local user with filesystem access to escalate their privileges due to the use of an unquoted search path element.
Are you affected?
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- vendor IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 12.1.0 ≤12.1.312.1.0 ≤12.1.3
How to fix CVE-2025-36384
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 12.1.0 ≤12.1.3
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36384. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 12.1.0 ≤12.1.3 12.1.0 ≤12.1.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jan 30, 2026 · EUVD
Detected
IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 could allow a local user with filesystem access to escalate their privileges due to the use of an unquoted search path element.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 could allow a local user with filesystem access to escalate their privileges due to the use of an unquoted search path element.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-36384
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-36384
30-day exploitation probability 0.18%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-206560
IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3 could allow a local user with filesystem access to escalate their privileges due to the use of an unquoted search path element.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 6, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 6, 2026
- CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
- EUVDNov 2, 2026