CVE-2026-4917 PUBLISHED

IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 26.03.2026 Published: 22.04.2026 Updated: 22.04.2026

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 could allow an administrative user to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to write arbitrary files on the system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.9

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	High	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	Guardium Data Protection
Versions	Version 12.1 is affected

Solutions

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly. ProductVersions FixIBM Guardium Data Protection12.1https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=12.1&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-12.0p140_Bundle&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Credits

benjamin.dixon.vaca8k@statefarm.com, benjamin.dixon.vaca8k@statefarm.com, benjamin.dixon.vaca8k@statefarm.com finder

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270422

Problem Types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE