# CVE-2025-0165: IBM watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data SQL injection

> A remote attacker can exploit SQL injection in IBM watsonx Orchestrate to view, add, modify, or delete back-end database information.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2p77-5qm7-42rm

## What is CVE-2025-0165?

CVE-2025-0165 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, published on 30 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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 delete information in the back-end database.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0165?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for Ibm Cloud Pak for Data.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0165 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0165 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data, published on 30 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0165/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0165/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0165
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0165
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0165

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0165/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.