Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-27900

Open Redirect in Ibm Db2 Recovery Expert 5.5.0

Published
17 February 2026
Modified
26 February 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0014 4th percentile
Risk Priority 36 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-27900 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Ibm Db2 Recovery Expert. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.5 Interim Fix 002 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit…

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this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
db2 recovery expert
5.5.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.7.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation of redirect URL parameters to ensure they only target trusted domains, blocking the open redirect used in this phishing attack.

prevent

Enforces information flow rules that can restrict redirects to an approved set of destinations, limiting the attacker's ability to spoof trusted URLs.

prevent

Boundary protection mechanisms such as WAF rules or redirect filters at network/application edges can inspect and block crafted redirect requests before they reach the victim.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and untrusted-redirect controls that prevent CWE-601.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

mitigates

Preventing access to attacker-controlled or malicious sites stops users from being redirected to untrusted locations via open-redirect or phishing links.

References