๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-84272

CRITICAL 9.8

IBM Guardium Data Protection Missing Authentication

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-306
Vendor ibm
Product guardium data protection
Published Oct 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

IBM / Guardium Data Protection
12.2.2 12.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
ibm.com: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288832