What's new and changed in Db2 Data Gate

The Db2 Data Gate release and subsequent refreshes can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Updates are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic. Only the refreshes that contain updates for Db2 Data Gate are shown.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Cloud Pak® for Data.

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Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.7.2

A new version of Db2 Data Gate was released in August 2023 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.2.

Operand: 4.1.0

This release includes the following changes:

Security fixes
Version 4.1.0 of the Db2 Data Gate service includes various fixes.

This release fixes the following security issues:

High:
  • CVE-2023-20883
  • CVE-2023-2976
  • CVE-2022-34169
Medium:
  • CVE-2023-34478
  • CVE-2023-34462
  • CVE-2023-33201
  • CVE-2023-32732
  • CVE-2023-32731
  • CVE-2023-26048
  • CVE-2023-3635
  • CVE-2023-2974
  • CVE-2023-1667
  • CVE-2023-1428
  • CVE-2023-0482
  • CVE-2022-25883
  • CVE-2022-21541
  • CVE-2022-21540
Low:
  • CVE-2023-26049
  • CVE-2023-21968

Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.7.0

A new version of Db2 Data Gate was released in June 2023 with Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.0.

Operand: 4.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features
Version 4.0.0 of the Db2 Data Gate service includes the following features and updates:
New synchronization event reporting
Individual synchronization events are now reported on the dashboard of a Db2 Data Gate instance. You can use this event information to analyze failures or bottlenecks in the synchronization process. To learn more, see Monitoring a Db2 Data Gate instance.
Easier Db2 credentials management
Db2 Data Gate can now access Db2 target database services if the Db2 services use certificates that are signed by a certificate authority (CA), and if these certificates are stored in the Cloud Pak for Data vault. To learn more, see:
For more information, see:
Faster status retrieval
Status information about a Db2 Data Gate instance is now retrieved and displayed on the dashboard faster than before because most of the information is provided by the instance itself and fewer stored procedure calls are required to obtain it.
Security fixes
Version 4.0.0 of the Db2 Data Gate service includes various fixes.

This release fixes the following security issues:

Critical
  • CVE-2022-1471
  • CVE-2016-1000027
High
  • CVE-2022-21476
  • PRISMA-2023-0067
Medium
  • CVE-2023-32681
  • CVE-2023-26049
  • CVE-2023-26048
  • CVE-2023-24815
  • CVE-2023-20863
  • CVE-2023-0482