IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

published 2026-09-25 44 d ago modified 2026-10-20 19 d ago also EUVD-2026-87097

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.0%; EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 45 d ago (2026-09-25)

Exploit prediction

2.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7288035
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-85542
NVD CVE-2026-85542

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Summary