Impacts IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data, an enterprise data platform; can expose sensitive files/credentials and affect data pipelines across organizations.
CVE-2026-82092
Authenticated absolute-path traversal in IBM DataStage allows arbitrary file disclosure.
Is CVE-2026-82092 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-82092 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. EPSS currently estimates a 0.54% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-82092?
CVE-2026-82092 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-2026-82092?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-82092. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-82092 affect?
CVE-2026-82092 affects IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0, IBM Cloud Pak for Data deployments using DataStage. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-82092?
Restrict access, apply vendor mitigations, rotate creds, patch when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated remote attacker can use absolute-path traversal to read arbitrary files, exfiltrate credentials and sensitive data.
Immediate action required
- affected5.4.0.0
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.