CVE-2025-36180 (GCVE-0-2025-36180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 21:28 – Updated: 2026-05-01 16:37
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Title
Inadequate Pod Communication Restrictions, affects watsonx.data
Summary
IBM watsonx.data 2.2 through 2.3 IBM Lakehouse does not properly restrict communication between pods which could allow an attacker to transfer data between pods without restrictions.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-923 - Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM watsonx.data Affected: 2.2.0 , ≤ 2.3.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:watsonxdata:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:watsonxdata:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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