What is CVE-2025-36425?

CVE-2025-36425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-36425?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Db2

CVE-2025-36425

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 through 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information under specific HADR configuration.

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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.9% 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
IBM Db2 For Linux, Unix And Windows — versions 11.5.0, 12.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-256 — Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259962 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36425?: CVE-2025-36425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-36425?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.