Quick answers
- Is CVE-2025-36145 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-36145 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2025-36145?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.4, published 26 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Watsonx.Data 2.2 through 2.3.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-36145?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2025-36145 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2025-36145?
- Check whether you run IBM Watsonx.Data at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
IBM watsonx.data is vulnerable to improper restriction of communication channels (CWE-923) within the IBM Lakehouse component. The vulnerability stems from a failure to properly enforce inbound and outbound connection restrictions. A remote attacker with low-level privileges can exploit this flaw to establish unauthorized connections, potentially allowing them to transfer or modify files without the intended restrictions. The issue affects versions 2.2 through 2.3.1 and is addressed in watsonx.data 2.3.1 patch 2.
Affected products
- IBM watsonx.data IBM Lakehouse 2.2 through 2.3.1
Timeline
- 2026-05-26: advisory: IBM published the security bulletin and NVD record.