What's new and changed in Data Gate

The Data Gate release and subsequent refreshes can include new features and fixes. Releases 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 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 Software Hub.

Installing or upgrading Data Gate

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To install Data Gate along with the other IBM® Software Hub services, see Installing IBM Software Hub.
To upgrade Data Gate along with the other IBM Software Hub services, see Upgrading IBM Software Hub.
To install or upgrade Data Gate independently, see Data Gate.
Remember: All of the IBM Software Hub components associated with an instance of IBM Software Hub must be installed at the same version.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.3

A new version of Data Gate was released in April 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.3.

Operand version: 7.3.0

This release includes the following changes:

Updates

The following updates were introduced in this release:

Changes have been made on how Data Gate updates the necessary target Db2 or Db2 Warehouse configuration changes. See here for more information.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release

For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data on the IBM Support website.

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

Critical: CVE-2025-24813
High: CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2025-2240, CVE-2025-24928, CVE-2025-24970, CVE-2025-27516, RHSA-2025:2679

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.2

A new version of Data Gate was released in March 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.2.

Operand version: 7.2.0

This release includes the following changes:

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release: For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

Critical: CVE-2019-12900, CVE-2025-1247, CVE-2025-1302
High: CVE-2021-23382, CVE-2021-44906, CVE-2024-12797, CVE-2025-23083, RHSA-2025:1330, RHSA-2025:1350, RHSA-2025:1443

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.1

A new version of Data Gate was released in February 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.1.

Operand version: 7.1.0

This release includes the following changes:

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release: For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

Critical: RHSA-2024:9333, CVE-2024-21534, CVE-2024-5535, CVE-2024-45337, CVE-2025-21613, CVE-2024-56337, CVE-2024-50379
High: CVE-2024-21538, RHSA-2025:0161, CVE-2024-6232, CVE-2024-3596, CVE-2024-26462, CVE-2024-26461, RHSA-2024:10244, CVE-2024-10963, CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2024-9341, CVE-2025-21614, CVE-2024-56201, CVE-2024-56326

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.0

A new version of Data Gate was released in December 2024 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.0.

Operand version: 7.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

Issues fixed in this release

The following issues were fixed in this release:

Inconsistent query results in the Db2 target database

Issue: Instabilities of the network between Data Gate and Db2 for z/OS sometimes lead to inconsistent query results in the Db2 target database.
Resolution: Fixed.

When upgrading an existing Data Gate instance, some Db2 configuration may not be correctly applied.

Issue: When the customer upgrades an existing Data Gate instance, some Db2 configuration may not be correctly applied.
Resolution: The issue is in Cloud Pak for Data versions 5.0.0 to 5.0.3, and also in version 5.1. A workaround for fixing missing target Db2 configuration changes when upgrading a Data Gate instance has been added to documentation.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release

For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

Critical: CVE-2024-42461
High: CVE-2024-47561, CVE-2024-47554 ,CVE-2024-45590, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45490. CVE-2024-45296, CVE-2024-39338, CVE-2024-38816, CVE-2024-37371, CVE-2024-37370, CVE-2022-25883, CVE-2024-7254, RHSA-2024:6783, RHSA-2024:6754, RHSA-2024:6192, CVE-2024-6119
Medium: CVE-2024-45296, CVE-2024-43800, CVE-2024-43796, CVE-2024-42460, CVE-2024-42459, CVE-2024-39338, CVE-2024-39249, CVE-2024-38809