CVE-2026-84272(ibm / guardium_data_protection)

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-306

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • guardium_data_protection

Threat summary

  • 3 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Peaked 1d ago at 2 mentions (2026-10-08); latest day: 1
  • 3 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
guardium_data_protection

2 versions affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 2d
01122Mentions · 2026-10-08: 2Mentions · 2026-10-09: 110-0810-09
Referenced assets3 URLs
Full discourse3 posts
  • ThreatAft@ThreatAft

    🔐 IBM Guardium Mass Disclosure — 5 Critical CVEs, Peak CVSS 9.8 in Data Protection Platform IBM published security bulletins on October 8, 2026 covering five critical vulnerabilities in IBM Gu 🔗 https://threataft.com/articles/ibm-guardium-mass-disclosure-cve-2026-84272-75875-80381-84249-84244?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel

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  • CVE@CVEnew

    CVE-2026-84272 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 explo… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84272

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  • The Circuitry@thecircuitry_

    IBM patches 9 Guardium Data Protection flaws. • CVE-2026-84272: 9.8, missing auth in edge-controller • CVE-2026-84244: 9.3, stored XSS via database traffic • 7 more high-severity issues in protocol parsers and local components https://thecircuitry.to/article/ibm-patches-nine-guardium-data-protection-flaws-muzzrpku https://t.co/7WMtaJJVJu

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CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appibmguardium_data_protection12.1--
Appibmguardium_data_protection12.2.2--

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