CVE-2026-84198 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.4%
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a buffer overflow.
IBM · Guardium Data Protection
Summary
The flaw is a buffer overflow in IBM Guardium Data Protection, affecting versions 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2. An unauthenticated remote attacker, with no user interaction or special configuration required, could exploit it to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
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15.8 / 100
- Exploited
- Not confirmed
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 0/15
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Disclosed on 8 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.
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No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 12 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Known_Cve | Oct 21, 2026 | Part 1/420 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 20, 2026 | Part 1/419 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 19, 2026 | Part 1/418 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 18, 2026 | Part 1/417 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 17, 2026 | Part 1/416 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 16, 2026 | Part 1/315 Oct 2026
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