Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-82092 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-82092 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-82092?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 10 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM DataStage 5.4.0.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-82092?
- 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-2026-82092 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-82092?
- Check whether you run IBM DataStage or 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 absolute-path traversal (CWE-22) in IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 that fails to properly restrict file access based on pathname boundaries. An authenticated network attacker can manipulate file path parameters to traverse the directory structure and read arbitrary files with elevated privileges. The attack requires valid user credentials (authenticated access) but no special role or project membership is needed. Successful exploitation results in confidentiality breach through unauthorized access to sensitive information. Patches or updates are expected from IBM Security.
Affected products
- IBM DataStage 5.4.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-10: disclosed