CVE-2026-84272

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288832	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

09 Oct 2026, 14:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288832 -~~	() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288832 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.2:::::::*
First Time		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection

08 Oct 2026, 20:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-08 20:17

Updated : 2026-10-10 13:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-84272

Mitre link : CVE-2026-84272

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-84272

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Products Affected

ibm

guardium_data_protection

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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