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.

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (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.