High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2026· Updated Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-84071
CVE-2026-84071
Description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to OS command injection in the Universal Connector plugin upload functionality. A privileged authenticated attacker can provide a malicious filename that is incorporated into a shell command executed by the application, potentially resulting in arbitrary command execution with root-level privileges.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =12.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288040nvdPatchVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- IBM Guardium Data Protection: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together on Sep 18, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Sep 18, 2026