Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-16325 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-16325 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16325?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.4, published 8 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data 5.4.0.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-16325?
- 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-2026-16325 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-16325?
- Check whether you run IBM Datastage On Cloud Pak For 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
This is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of the X-Forwarded-Host HTTP header. An authenticated attacker can craft a malicious URL with a specially crafted X-Forwarded-Host value that, when clicked by another user, injects arbitrary JavaScript into the page. Exploitation requires both attacker authentication and user interaction (click), and affects DataStage 5.4.0.0.
Affected products
- IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-11-08: disclosed