CVE-2026-84272
Ibm Guardium Data Protection: missing authentication
- Risk score
- 70/100
- CVSS
- 9.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.4%
- Published
- 8 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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.
- Affected
- Ibm Guardium Data Protection
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Amber
- CVSS 9.8 critical
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
Original description
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.
Last activity 8 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.