PT-2026-20234 · Ibm · Db2 Recovery Expert For Luw+3

Published 2026-02-17 · Updated 2026-02-25 · CVE-2025-27901

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.5 Interim Fix 002

Description IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows is susceptible to HTTP header injection due to insufficient input validation of the HOST headers. This flaw potentially enables an attacker to execute various attacks against the system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning, or session hijacking.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-644

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-27901

Affected Products

Db2 Recovery Expert For Luw

Ibm Db2 Recovery Expert For Linux

Ibm Db2 Recovery Expert For Unix

Ibm Db2 Recovery Expert For Windows

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27901 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27901 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/153222 · Telegram Post
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259901 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/44904 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2023901983334105423 · Twitter Post