CVE-2026-3856 is a critical vulnerability impacting IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2, caused by an insecure mechanism for verifying data integrity during transmission. Rated 9.1 CRITICAL, this flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker with low attack complexity to modify or corrupt data, resulting in a high impact on system integrity and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploits available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage regarding this vulnerability are also minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:interim_fix_002:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:interim_fix_002:*:*:*:unix:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:interim_fix_002:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.