What is CVE-2026-80424?

CVE-2026-80424 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-80424?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data

CVE-2026-80424

IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create arbitrary files due to path traversal during archive extraction.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data — versions 5.4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-80424?: CVE-2026-80424 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-80424?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.