Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-0165

High

Published: 30 August 2025

Published
30 August 2025
Modified
18 December 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-0165 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Ibm Watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge For Ibm Cloud Pak For Data. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 28.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the Data-Related Vulnerabilities risk domain.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.8.4, 4.8.5, and 5.0.0 through 5.2.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify, or…

more

delete information in the back-end database.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Enterprise AI Assistants
Risk Domain
Data-Related Vulnerabilities
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: watsonx

Related Threats

Affected Assets

ibm
watsonx orchestrate cartridge for ibm cloud pak for data
4.8.4 — 4.8.5 · 5.0.0 — 5.2.0.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References