CVE-2026-3856 PUBLISHED

IBM Db2 Recovery Expert Missing Integrity Check

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 17.03.2026 Updated: 17.03.2026

IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2 could allow an attacker to modify or corrupt data due to an insecure mechanism used for verifying the integrity of the data during transmission.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	Db2 Recovery Expert
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 5.5 IF 2 is affected

Solutions

Upgrade to DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, Unix and Windows v5.5.0.1 Interim Fix 8 available on Fix Central here https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes .

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7266272

Problem Types

CWE-353 Missing support for integrity check CWE