{"id":"CVE-2026-78404","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.","summary":"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.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-269"],"published":"2026-10-12","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T20:17:10.290","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78404","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291612","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-12T20:03:12.356Z","slug":"CVE-2026-78404","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":219528,"id":"CVE-2026-78404","ts":1791839106425,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"6.5"},{"seq":219527,"id":"CVE-2026-78404","ts":1791839106425,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}