CVE-2026-84250
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recover…
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.
- Vendor
- ibm
- Product
- guardium data protection
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 (high), scored by NVD (primary)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 (high), scored by psirt@us.ibm.comCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-798
- Published
- 2026-10-08
- NVD modified
- 2026-10-10
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Not in the CISA KEV catalogue at the last update.
EPSS
<0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 0th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
References
- www.ibm.com (Vendor Advisory)
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.