Unprotected storage of credentials in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2025-36425

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Unprotected storage of credentials in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2025-36425

Published: February 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU122744
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-36425
CWE-ID: CWE-256
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user user to gain access to other users' credentials.

The vulnerability exists due to application stored credentials in plain text in a configuration file on the system. A local user can view contents of the configuration file and gain access to passwords for 3rd party integration.


Affected software

IBM DB2 LUW
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Db2 Big SQL

How to mitigate CVE-2025-36425

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM OpenPages with Watson - update to 9.1.3
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.18
Db2 Big SQL - update to 8.3.1 patch 4

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