CVE-2021-29825
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive...
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive information when using ADMIN_CMD with LOAD or BACKUP. IBM X-Force ID: 204470.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive information when using ADMIN_CMD with LOAD or BACKUP. IBM X-Force ID: 204470.
- Record
CVE-2021-29825- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/PR:N/S:U/A:N/UI:N/I:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-16299
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive information when using ADMIN_CMD with LOAD or BACKUP. IBM X-Force ID: 204470.
- Record
EUVD-2021-16299- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/PR:N/S:U/A:N/UI:N/I:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cj92-pqqm-px4j
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive...
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive information when using ADMIN_CMD with LOAD or BACKUP. IBM X-Force ID: 204470.
- Record
GHSA-cj92-pqqm-px4j- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive information when using ADMIN_CMD with LOAD or BACKUP. IBM X-Force ID: 204470.
- Record
CVE-2021-29825- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-29825 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Db2, published September 16, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.