CVE-2026-85542: ibm guardium data protection OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-85542 is a high (CVSS 8.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in ibm guardium data protection. EPSS estimates a 2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-09-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 27-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is affected by a command injection vulnerability in the GIM bundle import functionality. An authenticated attacker can provide a crafted GIM bundle that causes attacker-controlled arguments to be passed to the tar command, resulting in arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager.

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.