CVE-2026-84249 (GCVE-0-2026-84249)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-08 21:27 – Updated: 2026-10-08 21:27
VLAI
Title
IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by vulnerability
Summary
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2, and 12.2.2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary management operations due to missing authentication for critical function.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1165 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288036 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Guardium Data Protection Affected: 12.2
Affected: 12.2.2
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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