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title: "CVE-2026-81626: IBM Guardium Data Protection - SQL Injection"
description: "IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a SQL injection caused by unsanitized input in the Load Balancer Groups component via the Load Balancer Servlet endpoint, letting unauthenticated attackers access and manipulate data remotely, exploit requires no authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-81626/
---

# CVE-2026-81626 IBM Guardium Data Protection - SQL Injection

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a SQL injection caused by unsanitized input in the Load Balancer Groups component via the Load Balancer Servlet endpoint, letting unauthenticated attackers access and manipulate data remotely, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 8.6 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.37% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81626)

## Details

Type

SQL Injection

Impact

Information Disclosure, Data Tampering, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Published

18 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-89](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest available version of IBM Guardium Data Protection.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81626](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81626)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288040](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288040)

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