CVE-2026-84891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to use of hard-coded credentials.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Guardium Data Protection

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291675

History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to use of hard-coded credentials.
Title		Security vulnerability affects the Windows GIM component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
Weaknesses		CWE-798
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.0:::::::* 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:12.2.0:::::::* 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/7291675
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-10-08T21:27:31.798Z

Updated: 2026-10-09T14:50:07.748Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T14:38:32.889Z

Link: CVE-2026-84891

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T14:43:35.574Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-08T22:17:34.573

Modified: 2026-10-15T17:05:18.697

Link: CVE-2026-84891

Redhat

No data.

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