SB2026032324 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx.data integration
Published: March 23, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20225)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The issue exists due to the way pip handles software versioning during installation with --extra-index-url option enabled, which results in the version with the highest version number to be installed, even if the user had intended to obtain a private package from a private index. A remote attacker compromise the repository and force installation of a malicious package.
2) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6985)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
3) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54368)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing archive files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted .zip archive to the application and write file to arbitrary locations on the system, leading to a system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.