CVE-2026-84250 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +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 due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.
Title		IBM Guardium Data Protection Hard-coded Credentials
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
Weaknesses		CWE-798
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': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-10-08T19:07:44.029Z

Updated: 2026-10-10T03:55:35.541Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T13:20:25.340Z

Link: CVE-2026-84250

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T11:46:16.353Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-08T20:17:37.460

Modified: 2026-10-10T04:18:18.663

Link: CVE-2026-84250

Redhat

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