Resource exhaustion in IBM Cloud Pak For Data
CVE-2024-54178
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Cloud Pak For Data
- IBM Db2
- IBM Db2 On Cloud Pak For Data And Warehouse — versions 4.8.0, 5.0.0
- IBM Db2 Warehouse
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7277112 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-54178?
- CVE-2024-54178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak For Data, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-06-22.
- How severe is CVE-2024-54178?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.