CVE-2025-27901

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259901	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:interim_fix_002::::linux::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:interim_fix_002::::unix::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:interim_fix_002::::windows::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-02-17 20:22

Updated : 2026-02-25 19:02

NVD link : CVE-2025-27901

Mitre link : CVE-2025-27901

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-27901

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Products Affected

ibm

db2_recovery_expert

CWE

CWE-644

Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax

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