CVE-2026-85542

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is affected by a command injection vulnerability in the GIM bundle import functionality. An authenticated attacker can provide a crafted GIM bundle that causes attacker-controlled arguments to be passed to the tar command, resulting in arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035	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:::::::*

History

20 Oct 2026, 18:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035 -~~	() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:::::::*
First Time		Ibm guardium Data Protection Ibm

25 Sep 2026, 14:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-25 14:17

Updated : 2026-10-20 18:57

NVD link : CVE-2026-85542

Mitre link : CVE-2026-85542

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-85542

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Products Affected

ibm

guardium_data_protection

CWE

CWE-78

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

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