CVE-2026-84271

high

Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a signature verification bypass in the patch installer. An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

References

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-95240

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-08

Updated: 2026-10-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00096