CVE-2025-27901 (GCVE-0-2025-27901)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-17 19:35 – Updated: 2026-02-17 20:08
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Title
Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affecting Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, Unix and Windows
Summary
IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.5 Interim Fix 002 IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers.  This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-644 - Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW Affected: 5.5 Interim Fix 002 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert_for_luw:5.5:interim_fix_002:*:*:*:*:*:*
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