CVE-2026-84245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in the cp_wrapper component. A low-privileged local user could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges and access or modify sensitive system files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Guardium Data Protection

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035

History

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in the cp_wrapper component. A low-privileged local user could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges and access or modify sensitive system files.
Title		IBM Guardium Data Protection Privilege Escalation
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
Weaknesses		CWE-269
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-10-08T19:08:20.599Z

Updated: 2026-10-10T03:55:34.771Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T13:14:18.656Z

Link: CVE-2026-84245

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T14:43:43.184Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-08T20:17:37.313

Modified: 2026-10-10T04:18:18.083

Link: CVE-2026-84245

Redhat

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