CVE-2025-36424
Ibm Db2 11.5.0 – 11.5.9
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-36424 is a medium-severity Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input (CWE-1284) vulnerability in Ibm Db2. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 25th 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 SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-206564
Vulnerability Data
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could allow a user to cause a denial of service due to improper neutralization of special elements in data query logic.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of special elements in query inputs, preventing the malformed data query logic that triggers the DoS in CVE-2025-36424.
Mandates mechanisms to protect against denial-of-service conditions arising from excessive resource consumption via crafted database queries.
Limits the privileges of database users so that even successful exploitation of the query-logic flaw cannot affect system-wide availability.
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.
Secure SDLC practices directly require proper quantity/length validation in input handling.
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.
Security testing in development can detect missing quantity validation but does not itself implement the control.
Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation for quantity fields, directly preventing CWE-1284.
Application security requirements explicitly call for validation of size/length inputs, mitigating CWE-1284.
Secure architecture principles encourage robust input handling but do not specifically address quantity validation.
Secure coding standards require explicit checks on numeric quantity inputs, fully addressing CWE-1284.