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CVE-2026-81212

IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 allows an unauthenticated user to perform an arbitrary write into shared Redis under any tenant's key.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 0.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 allows an unauthenticated user to perform an arbitrary write into shared Redis under any tenant's key. This collapses the platform's credential-encryption boundary and lets an anonymous caller poison any tenant's cached flow parameters.

CVSS 3.1
10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.27% probability · 19th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-285
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%21 October 2026: 0.27%26 October 2026: 0.27%21 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.3% on 21 October 2026 to 0.3% on 26 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.