What's new and changed in watsonx Code Assistant

watsonx Code Assistant 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 watsonx Code Assistant

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  • To install watsonx Code Assistant along with the other IBM® Software Hub services, see Installing IBM Software Hub.
  • To install watsonx Code Assistant independently, see watsonx Code Assistant.
    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 5.3.1

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in February 2026 with IBM Software Hub 5.3.1.

Operand version: 5.3.1

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-2026-25128, CVE-2026-24486, CVE-2026-24049, CVE-2026-23950, CVE-2026-23949, CVE-2026-23490, CVE-2026-22796, CVE-2026-22795, CVE-2026-22702, CVE-2026-22701, CVE-2026-22036, CVE-2026-21860, CVE-2026-21441, CVE-2026-0994

CVE-2025-69421, CVE-2025-69420, CVE-2025-69419, CVE-2025-69418, CVE-2025-69230, CVE-2025-69229, CVE-2025-69228, CVE-2025-69227, CVE-2025-69226, CVE-2025-69225, CVE-2025-69224, CVE-2025-69223, CVE-2025-68973, CVE-2025-68664, CVE-2025-68480, CVE-2025-68160, CVE-2025-68158, CVE-2025-68146, CVE-2025-67221, CVE-2025-66471, CVE-2025-66418, CVE-2025-66221, CVE-2025-66199, CVE-2025-66031, CVE-2025-66030, CVE-2025-65945, CVE-2025-65106, CVE-2025-61730, CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-61727, CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-59375, CVE-2025-45582, CVE-2025-15469, CVE-2025-15468, CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2025-15284, CVE-2025-13836, CVE-2025-13601, CVE-2025-13465, CVE-2025-12816, CVE-2025-12758, CVE-2025-12084, CVE-2025-11187, CVE-2025-9714, CVE-2025-9086, CVE-2025-4598

RHSA-2026:1473, RHSA-2026:1410, RHSA-2026:1408, RHSA-2026:0936, RHSA-2026:0719, RHSA-2026:0067

RHSA-2025:23323, RHSA-2025:22376, RHSA-2025:22175

GHSA-6475-r3vj-m8vf

IBM Software Hub Version 5.3.0

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in December 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.3.0.

Operand version: 5.3.0

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2025-9230, CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-64718, CVE-2025-64329, CVE-2025-64118, CVE-2025-62727, CVE-2025-62706, CVE-2025-61920, CVE-2025-6176, CVE-2025-61725, CVE-2025-61724, CVE-2025-61723, CVE-2025-58189, CVE-2025-58185, CVE-2025-58183, CVE-2025-58181, CVE-2025-57319, CVE-2025-47914, CVE-2025-47912, CVE-2025-13204, CVE-2025-12735, CVE-2025-11849

CVE-2024-25621

RHSA-2025:21255, RHSA-2025:20559