Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-80379 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-80379 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-80379?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 23 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Datastage On Cloud Pak For Data 5.4.0.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-80379?
- 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-2026-80379 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-80379?
- 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
The vulnerability is an OS command injection flaw (CWE-78) caused by improper neutralization of special elements in OS commands. It requires network access and prior authentication to trigger. An attacker with valid credentials can inject arbitrary commands that execute with the DataStage application's privileges, potentially gaining full system access depending on the service's runtime permissions.
Affected products
- IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-23: disclosed