CVE-2026-84249 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.4%
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2, and 12.2.2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary management operations due to missing authentication for critical function.
IBM · Guardium Data Protection
Summary
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 and 12.2.2 contain a missing authentication flaw in a critical function, where the affected component does not require authentication for certain management operations. A remote attacker with network access can execute arbitrary management operations without credentials, requiring no user interaction and no special configuration.
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16.6 / 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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