CVE-2026-84290

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, 12.2 is affected by an improper validation of user-supplied pointers in the WfpMonitor kernel driver. Certain METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL handlers dereference user-controlled pointers without adequate probing and exception handling, potentially allowing a privileged local attacker to cause a system crash or perform limited kernel-memory reads.

CVSS v3 5.1 MEDIUM

5.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291676	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

13 Oct 2026, 19:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Microsoft windows Microsoft Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
References	~~() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291676 -~~	() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291676 - Vendor Advisory

08 Oct 2026, 19:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-08 19:20

Updated : 2026-10-13 19:52

NVD link : CVE-2026-84290

Mitre link : CVE-2026-84290

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-84290

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

ibm

guardium_data_protection

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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