IBM DB2 up to 10.5.11/11.1.4.7/11.5.9/12.1.3 key expiration date

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in IBM DB2 up to 10.5.11/11.1.4.7/11.5.9/12.1.3. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to key expiration date. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-33012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM DB2 up to 10.5.11/11.1.4.7/11.5.9/12.1.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a key expiration date vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-324. The product uses a cryptographic key or password past its expiration date, which diminishes its safety significantly by increasing the timing window for cracking attacks against that key. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Db2 10.5.0 through 10.5.11, 11.1.0 through 11.1.4.7, 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux could allow an authenticated user to regain access after account lockout due to password use after expiration date.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-33012 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/20/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 275466 (IBM DB2 User to Regain Access After Account Lockout (7250469) (Unix)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (275466). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• DB2

Version

• 10.5.0
• 10.5.1
• 10.5.2
• 10.5.3
• 10.5.4
• 10.5.5
• 10.5.6
• 10.5.7
• 10.5.8
• 10.5.9
• 10.5.10
• 10.5.11
• 11.1.4.0
• 11.1.4.1
• 11.1.4.2
• 11.1.4.3
• 11.1.4.4
• 11.1.4.5
• 11.1.4.6
• 11.1.4.7
• 11.5.0
• 11.5.1
• 11.5.2
• 11.5.3
• 11.5.4
• 11.5.5
• 11.5.6
• 11.5.7
• 11.5.8
• 11.5.9
• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2
• 12.1.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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