Critical 9.8Published Oct 8, 2026

CVE-2026-84272IBM Guardium Data Protection Missing Authentication

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:23 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, higher than 33% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-306
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.40% (percentile 33)
Assigned by: ibm
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

IBM Guardium Data Protection ibm:guardium_data_protection	12.2.2; 12.1	CNA record
ibm guardium_data_protection ibm:guardium_data_protection	12.1; 12.2.2	NVD

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288832vendor-advisory, patch

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