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CVE-2026-96012 Critical · 9.9 EPSS 0.3%

IBM Db2 Mirror for i 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to privilege escalation

IBM · Db2 Mirror for i

Summary

IBM Db2 Mirror for i (versions 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6) contains a privilege escalation flaw that allows authenticated users to bypass authorization and input validation checks. An attacker with valid credentials and network access, and no user interaction required, can craft a malicious request to execute code and gain elevated privileges on the system.

Official description · NVD

IBM Db2 Mirror for i 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An authenticated attacker could craft a malicious request that bypasses additional authorization and input validation checks to execute malicious code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain elevated privileges on the system.

Breakdown
13.9 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 12 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 8 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

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