CVE-2026-84884 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

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 [-]

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

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:::::::*

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.
Title		IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
Weaknesses		CWE-256
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': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-09-25T14:00:02.737Z

Updated: 2026-09-28T12:39:44.729Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T14:12:49.784Z

Link: CVE-2026-84884

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T12:39:40.341Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-25T14:17:19.770

Modified: 2026-10-20T19:03:18.383

Link: CVE-2026-84884

Redhat

No data.

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