What's new and changed in Data Refinery

Data Refinery updates 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.

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 Refinery

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To install Data Refinery along with the other IBM® Software Hub services, see Installing IBM Software Hub.
To upgrade Data Refinery along with the other IBM Software Hub services, see Upgrading IBM Software Hub.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.2.2

A new version of Data Refinery was released in October 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.2.2.

Operand version: 11.2.0

This release includes the following changes:

Issues fixed in this release

The following issues were fixed in this release:

Data Refinery might fail when upgrading IBM Software Hub to version 5.2.1

Issue: When upgrading Watson Studio or IBM Knowledge Catalog to IBM Software Hub to version 5.2.1 from an earlier version, Data Refinery might fail to complete. As a workaround, old storage-volume service instances must be cleaned up before upgrading.
Resolution: This issue is now fixed.

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:

CVE-2025-8941, CVE-2025-8194, CVE-2025-8058, CVE-2025-6395, CVE-2025-5914, CVE-2025-58754, CVE-2025-58457, CVE-2025-58058, CVE-2025-58057, CVE-2025-58056, CVE-2025-55163, CVE-2025-53864, CVE-2025-50106, CVE-2025-50059, CVE-2025-49812, CVE-2025-47906, CVE-2025-32990, CVE-2025-32989, CVE-2025-32988, CVE-2025-32415, CVE-2025-32414, CVE-2025-30754, CVE-2025-30749, CVE-2025-23166, CVE-2025-23048, CVE-2025-1948,

CVE-2024-7143, CVE-2024-47252, CVE-2024-37891, CVE-2024-3651, CVE-2024-35195, CVE-2024-28863,

CVE-2023-43804, CVE-2023-2728, CVE-2023-2727,

CVE-2022-29458.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.2.1

A new version of Data Refinery was released in August 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.2.1.

Operand version: 11.1.0

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:

CVE-2025-7783, CVE-2025-7425, CVE-2025-7339, CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-6547, CVE-2025-6545, CVE-2025-6021, CVE-2025-6020, CVE-2025-5702, CVE-2025-5222, CVE-2025-49796, CVE-2025-49794, CVE-2025-48734, CVE-2025-48060, CVE-2025-4802, CVE-2025-47273, CVE-2025-46762, CVE-2025-4673, CVE-2025-4517, CVE-2025-4435, CVE-2025-4373, CVE-2025-4330, CVE-2025-4138, CVE-2025-3576, CVE-2025-27789, CVE-2025-25724, CVE-2025-25193, CVE-2025-24928, CVE-2025-24528, CVE-2025-23167, CVE-2025-23166, CVE-2025-23165, CVE-2025-22871, CVE-2025-22868, CVE-2025-0938,

CVE-2024-8184, CVE-2024-6763, CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2024-52533, CVE-2024-29869, CVE-2024-23337, CVE-2024-13009, CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2024-12243, CVE-2024-12133, CVE-2024-10963,

CVE-2023-28155,

CVE-2022-49043.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.2.0

A new version of Data Refinery was released in June 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.2.0.

Operand version: 11.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

Issues fixed in this release

The following issues were fixed in this release:

Data Refinery might fail when upgrading IBM Software Hub

Issue: When upgrading Watson Studio or IBM Knowledge Catalog to IBM Software Hubfrom an earlier version, Data Refinery might fail to complete.

Resolution: This issue is now fixed.

Concatenate operation does not allow you to put the new column next to the original column

Issue: When you add a step with the Concatenate operation to your Data Refinery flow, and you select Keep original columns and also select Next to original column for the new column position, the step fails with an error.

Resolution: This issue is now fixed.

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:

CVE-2025-47279, CVE-2025-31498, CVE-2025-30065, CVE-2025-27820, CVE-2025-27516, CVE-2025-27363, CVE-2025-27152, CVE-2025-24970, CVE-2025-24928, CVE-2025-22872, CVE-2025-22871, CVE-2025-22870, CVE-2025-0395,

CVE-2024-8176, CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2024-40635, CVE-2024-35195, CVE-2024-2511, CVE-2024-23953,

CVE-2023-4752,

CVE-2022-1941.