CVE-2026-84884 PUBLISHED

IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 02.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	Guardium Data Protection
Versions	Version 12.2 is affected

Solutions

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

ProductVersions FixIBM Guardium Data Protection12.2 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_12.0p233_FixPack&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035

Problem Types

CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password CWE