Security Bulletin
Summary
Several vulnerabilities were found in DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-82101
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to a path traversal vulnerability.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 9.6
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-84421
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper validation of paths during archive extraction.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-82094
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2025-9566
DESCRIPTION: There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file.
Binary-Affected: podman
Upstream-version-introduced: v4.0.0
Upstream-version-fixed: v5.6.1
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: secalert@redhat.com
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81549
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper validation of the X-Forwarded-Proto header.
CWE: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 9.6
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-17102
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-16346
DESCRIPTION: IBM DataStage could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-285: Improper Authorization
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 9.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81545
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81208
DESCRIPTION: The pull endpoint decrypts any {dsnextenc}/{encval} blob with the cluster-wide DSNEXT_SEC_KEY and re-encrypts under a caller-supplied AES key/IV — a universal, batchable decryption oracle functionally equivalent to stealing the master key. Because DSNEXT_SEC_KEY is shared per-region and never rotated, this is cross-tenant: any authenticated user recovers any other tenant's connection passwords, Git PATs, and IAM API keys. Two preconditions, but the second (obtain ciphertext) is satisfied by the product's own intentional ciphertext exposure; HIGH is correct and arguably understated.
CWE: CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81548
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-82103
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor.
CWE: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 9.6
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81547
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to path traversal.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81536
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an XML external entity (XXE) injection.
CWE: CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81552
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of environment variables.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81539
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-82093
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to unsafe deserialization of untrusted data.
CWE: CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-82110
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper validation of pathname during a path traversal.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 9.6
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-81537
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to OS command injection.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-82108
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-82096
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-0980
DESCRIPTION: A flaw was found in rubyipmi, a gem used in the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) component of Red Hat Satellite. An authenticated attacker with host creation or update permissions could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious username for the BMC interface. This could lead to remote code execution (RCE) on the system.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-14550
DESCRIPTION: An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28.
`ASGIRequest` allows a remote attacker to cause a potential denial-of-service via a crafted request with multiple duplicate headers.
Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.
Django would like to thank Jiyong Yang for reporting this issue.
CWE: CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-16469
DESCRIPTION: IBM DataStage px-runtime could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-80423
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to the exposure of namespace-wide secrets via accessible file mounts.
CWE: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-16672
DESCRIPTION: IBM DataStage could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-80425
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-80379
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-80412
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper escaping of connector property values during OSH script generation.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-16468
DESCRIPTION: IBM DataStage could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to OS command injection.
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
ID: CVE-2026-84418
DESCRIPTION: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data can allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to present a forged TLS certificate, intercept the connection, and capture the IAM bearer Authorization header automatically attached by the session adapter. The captured token grants full platform-scope tenant API access, enabling the attacker to read and manipulate the victim's DataStage projects, flows, assets, and pipeline definitions. This is client-side SDK code running on the user's own machine, so exploitation requires an external network interceptor rather than a co-tenant in the shared cluster.
CWE: CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data | 5.4.0.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data.
| Product(s) | Version(s) number and/or range | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data | 5.4.0.0 |
Upgrade to 5.4 patch 7 or later by following these instructions. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
21 Sep 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Information
Modified date:
21 September 2026
Initial Publish date:
21 September 2026
UID
ibm17288649