🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-18097

MEDIUM 5.5

IBM® Db2® federated server could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to the logging of plain text passwords in trace files.

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to the logging of plain text passwords in trace files.

CWE CWE-532
Vendor ibm
Product db2
Published Aug 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

IBM / Db2
11.5.0 ≤ 11.5.9 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
ibm.com: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7282952