IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 and 12.2.2 are vulnerable to missing authentication in the edge-controller component. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary container images and gain control of managed edge clusters.
IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.
For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by applying the latest IBM Guardium Data Protection Edge patch 12.0p15004:
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=12.2&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_12.0p15004_Edge&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by applying the latest IBM Guardium Data Protection patch 12.0p147:
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_12.0p147_FixPack&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc