CVE-2026-85542
Ibm Guardium Data Protection: OS command injection
- Risk score
- 70/100
- CVSS
- 8.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 2.5%
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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 privile…
- Affected
- Ibm Guardium Data Protection
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Story map
At a glance
Ibm Guardium Data Protection: Amber, patch this week. IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to path traversal.
The flaws
- CVE-2026-85542: OS command injection (CVSS 8.8 · EPSS 2%)
- CVE-2026-75875: Path traversal can lead to remote code execution (CVSS 9.8 · EPSS 1%)
- CVE-2026-84249: Missing authentication (CVSS 9.8 · EPSS 0%)
- CVE-2026-84272: Missing authentication (CVSS 9.8 · EPSS 0%)
The fix
Fix: Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Who is exposed: Ibm Guardium Data Protection
Where it stands
- No known exploitation
Connects to
- Same weakness: OS command injection (CWE-78). 308 other warnings in 30 days
- Same product: Earlier Ibm Guardium Data Protection warnings. 37 in the last 90 days
Why it is Amber
- CVSS 8.8 high
References
Original description
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.
Last activity 25 Sep 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.