# CVE-2025-36220: Vulnerabilities exists in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System (CPDS 1.0) - Cyclops.

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System to view, add, modify, or delete backend database information.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 26 May 2026
- **Updated:** 26 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qpmr-4jcx-mc6p

## What is CVE-2025-36220?

CVE-2025-36220 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System - Cyclops, published on 26 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Pak for Data System - Cyclops 11.3.0.2 through  Interim Fix 002 IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 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-2025-36220?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Data System - Cyclops.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-36220?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36220 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-36220 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System - Cyclops

- [CVE-2025-36221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36221/): Vulnerabilities exists in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System (CPDS 1.0) - Cyclops. (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-36220 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-36220 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System - Cyclops, published on 26 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cloud Pak for Data System - Cyclops. 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-2025-36220/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36220/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36220
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36220
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-36220

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36220/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.