IBM Cloud Pak for Data is a widely used enterprise data platform; authenticated command execution with elevated privileges can lead to full system compromise across organizations.
CVE-2025-14754
Authenticated privilege escalation allowing arbitrary command execution in IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
Is CVE-2025-14754 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-14754 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2025-14754?
CVE-2025-14754 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-14754?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-14754, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2025-14754 affect?
CVE-2025-14754 affects IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.1.2. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-14754?
Apply vendor patch/mitigations ASAP; restrict access, audit credentials and logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
An authenticated user can execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges, enabling full system compromise, data access, and lateral movement.
Immediate action required
- affected5.1.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.