CVE-2025-13689 (GCVE-0-2025-13689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-17 22:26 – Updated: 2026-02-18 20:42
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Title
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code injection due to runtime environment
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak Affected: 5.1.2 , ≤ 5.3.0 (semver)
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