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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-84884

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format.

Published Sep 25, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 20, 2026 · guardium data protection

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-84884. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of guardium data protection is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe ibm/guardium data protection

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe ibm/guardium data protection12.1
  • cpe ibm/guardium data protection12.2

How to fix CVE-2026-84884

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-84884. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of guardium data protection is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with ibm/guardium data protection 12.1; ibm/guardium data protection 12.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-256. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 25, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

  2. Oct 20, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-84884

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-84884

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-84884

    IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.