{"id":"CVE-2024-54178","title":"IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data versions 4.8,5.0,5.1,5.2,5.3 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service when creating new databases due to improper allocation of resources.","summary":"IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data versions 4.8,5.0,5.1,5.2,5.3 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service when creating new databases due to improper allocation of resources.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-770"],"vendor":"ibm","product":"db2","affected":["db2 >= 4.8, < 5.4","db2_warehouse >= 4.8, < 5.4"],"patched":["db2 5.4","db2_warehouse 5.4"],"published":"2026-06-22","updated":"2026-10-02","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-02T00:10:00.180","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54178","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7277112","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0042,"epssPercentile":0.33993,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-02T01:05:54.724Z","slug":"CVE-2024-54178","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data versions 4.8,5.0,5.1,5.2,5.3 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service when creating new databases due to improper allocation of resources.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `db2 >= 4.8, < 5.4`\n- `db2_warehouse >= 4.8, < 5.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `db2 5.4`\n- `db2_warehouse 5.4`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}