IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 ds-canvas information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ds-canvas. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-81207. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0. This affects an unknown functionality of the component ds-canvas. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 allows any authenticated tenant — with no project membership or role — fully controls scheme/host/port/path of an outbound fetch originating from a shared-infrastructure pod, and the WSDL body is reflected verbatim to the caller. The ds-canvas pod sits on the OpenShift overlay with reach to co-tenant services, in-cluster CP4D APIs, and link-local addresses. Scope is Changed, confidentiality High (response-reflecting), integrity Low (GET-only side-effects).

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-81207 since 08/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/10/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Cloud Software

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• IBM

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• DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data

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• 5.4.0.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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