CVE-2025-13689 PUBLISHED

DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code injection due to runtime environment

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 25.11.2025 Published: 17.02.2026 Updated: 17.02.2026

IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands and gain access to sensitive information due to unrestricted file uploads.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	DataStage on Cloud Pak
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 5.1.2 to 5.3.0 (incl.)

Solutions

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data.

Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsDataStage on Cloud Pak for Data5.1.2-5.3.0 Upgrade to version 5.3.1 and beyond. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/software-hub/5.1.x

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259958

Problem Types

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type CWE