{"id":"CVE-2026-78404","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-78404","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:58:03.952Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2026-10-12T19:16:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-13T16:17:14.000Z","status":"Undergoing Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00092,"percentile":0.00491,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-13","score":0.00132,"percentile":0.02416}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-12T19:16:40.000Z","detail":{"score":"6.5","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T19:16:39.720Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291612","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78404","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}