What is CVE-2025-36335?

CVE-2025-36335 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Watsonx.data, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2025-36335?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Watsonx.data

CVE-2025-36335

IBM watsonx.data intelligence 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.3.0, 5.3.1 stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.

Published 2026-04-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 0.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Watsonx.data — versions 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.3.0
IBM Watsonx.data Intelligence — versions 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.3.0, 5.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-256 — Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270923 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36335?: CVE-2025-36335 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Watsonx.data, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-36335?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.