DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code injection due to runtime environment
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.1.2 through 5.3.0 could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with normal user privileges on the system due to improper validation of user supplied input through the job subroutine component.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data — ibm.com/support/pages/node/7262347
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-12510 DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code injection due to runtime environmentPriority LOW 38
- TI-2025-12509 DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code injection due to runtime environmentPriority LOW 38
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13686
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5q2c-6jfv-pq7j
References
More IBM Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56656 DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities due to open source software CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-13653 DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-71450 Path traversal in IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data lets attackers run code CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-56256 DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-13760 DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-13758 DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities due to open source software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-13686 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13686 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5q2c-6jfv-pq7j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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