CVE-2026-84272

Awaiting Analysis
Published: 08 Oct 2026, 19:05
Last modified:08 Oct 2026, 19:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Oct 2026, 19:05
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-306•Missing Authentication for Critical Function

    The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

Affected Systems

  • ibm•guardium data protection

    12.2.2 | 12.1

References (1)