CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-16702

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM Db2 versions 11.5.0-11.5.9 and 12.1.0-12.1.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (including DB2 Connect Server) may allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to a null pointer dereference.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could crash the database server, leading to service unavailability and potential data loss.

Recommendation

Apply IBM fixes for Db2 and conduct load testing to identify scenarios triggering the error.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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 remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to a null pointer dereference.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS