Widely-used IBM Db2 for Windows; local privilege escalation could disrupt enterprise environments.
CVE-2025-36384
Db2 Windows LPE via unquoted search path
Is CVE-2025-36384 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-36384 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-36384?
CVE-2025-36384 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-36384?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-36384. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-36384 affect?
CVE-2025-36384 affects IBM Db2 for Windows 12.1.0 - 12.1.3. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-36384?
Apply vendor patch when released; upgrade to fixed release.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local user with filesystem access can escalate privileges via unquoted Db2 search path on Windows
Patch when possible
- affected>= 12.1.0 and <= 12.1.3
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.