Description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.
Published: 2026-10-08
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly. ProductVersions FixIBM Guardium Data Protection12.2https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=12.2&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_12.0p233_FixPack&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

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History

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.
Title IBM Guardium Data Protection Hard-coded Credentials
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm guardium Data Protection
Weaknesses CWE-798
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm guardium Data Protection
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Ibm Guardium Data Protection
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T19:07:44.029Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T13:20:25.340Z

Link: CVE-2026-84250

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-08T20:17:37.460

Modified: 2026-10-08T20:49:50.083

Link: CVE-2026-84250

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-798

    Use of Hard-coded Credentials