What is CVE-2025-27899?

CVE-2025-27899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2 Recovery Expert, classified under CWE-526. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-27899?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Db2 Recovery Expert

CVE-2025-27899

IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.5 Interim Fix 002 discloses sensitive information in an environment variable that could aid in further attacks against the system.

Published 2026-02-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Db2 Recovery Expert — versions 5.5.0
IBM Db2 Recovery Expert For Luw — versions 5.5 Interim Fix 002

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-526

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259901 (vendor-advisory, Patch, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-27899?: CVE-2025-27899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2 Recovery Expert, classified under CWE-526. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-27899?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.