CVE-2025-27901

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Ibm Db2 Recovery Expert

PublishedFeb 17, 2026

First seenFeb 17, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-644CWE-644

How to fix

Patches

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259901

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
ibm db2_recovery_expert	5.5.0	—

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