CVE-2026-84422

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to command injection in the CLI certificate SMIME recipient deletion functionality, allowing an authenticated privileged CLI user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288034	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Oct 2026, 13:46

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:::::::*
References	~~() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288034 -~~	() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288034 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

29 Sep 2026, 18:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-29 18:17

Updated : 2026-10-02 13:46

NVD link : CVE-2026-84422

Mitre link : CVE-2026-84422

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-84422

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

ibm

guardium_data_protection

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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