What is CVE-2025-13688?

CVE-2025-13688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2026-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-13688?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

RCE in Ibm Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data

CVE-2025-13688

IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.1.2 through 5.3.0 could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with normal user privileges on the system due to improper validation of user supplied input through the wrapped command…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data — versions 5.1.2
Ibm Datastage_on_cloud_pak_for_data

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13688?: CVE-2025-13688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2026-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-13688?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.