IBM DB2/DB2 Connect Server up to 11.1.4.7/11.5.9/12.1.3 private personal information

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM DB2 and DB2 Connect Server up to 11.1.4.7/11.5.9/12.1.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to private personal information. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-36131. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM DB2 and DB2 Connect Server up to 11.1.4.7/11.5.9/12.1.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a private personal information vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-359. The product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the information or (2) do not have the implicit consent of the person about whom the information is collected. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Db2 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, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) clpplus command exposes user credentials to the terminal which could be obtained by a third party with physical access to the system.

The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-36131 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1589 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276921 (IBM DB2 Information Disclosure and Credential Exposure (7250484) (Windows)), 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 (276921). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• DB2
• DB2 Connect Server

Version

• 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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