CVE•Published 2026-08-12•Modified 2026-08-18•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16480Ibm · Db2
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
25
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 75% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is affected by an improper authorization vulnerability in the certain command, allowing a non-privileged user to bypass authority checks and modify database catalog data.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-18
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-16480Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Ibm Db2"All exposed Ibm Db2 instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Db2"HTTP body or banner mentions "Db2" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-16480Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16480Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16480Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16480GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16480" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-16480 on GitHub.
We haven't classified any articles referencing CVE-2026-16480 yet. The external references above still apply.