CVE-2026-84272 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

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 yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Guardium Data Protection

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.2:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288832

History

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', '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 12.1 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.
Title		IBM Guardium Data Protection Missing Authentication
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
Weaknesses		CWE-306
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.2:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288832
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-10-08T19:05:27.069Z

Updated: 2026-10-10T12:16:44.734Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T14:13:55.424Z

Link: CVE-2026-84272

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-10T12:08:46.952Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-08T20:17:37.753

Modified: 2026-10-10T13:17:33.153

Link: CVE-2026-84272

Redhat

No data.

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