CVE-2024-39724IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to a denial of service due to lack of throttling on an API
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 74% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data versions 7.6 (on CP4D 4.8), 7.7 (on CP4D 5.0), and 7.8 (on CP4D 5.1) do not properly limit the allocation of system resources. An authenticated user with internal knowledge of the environment could exploit this weakness to cause a denial of service.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
IBM · Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data
- affected IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.6 on Cloud Pak for Data 4.8 – ≤ 2.1.0
- affected IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.7 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.0
- affected IBM Db2 Big SQL 7.8 on Cloud Pak for Data 5.1
What to do
Solution: The recommended solution to address this vulnerability is to upgrade IBM Db2 Big SQL to version 8.2 or later available on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.2 or later by following the instructions for Upgrading Cloud Pak for Data https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.2.x and Upgrading the Db2 Big SQL https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.2.x service.
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7257907 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-55395 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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