--- title: "CVE-2026-84078: IBM Guardium Data Protection - Authentication Bypass" description: "IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a broken authentication caused by missing authentication in LoadBalancerServlet, letting unauthenticated users perform privileged load-balancer operations, exploit requires no authentication." url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84078/ --- # CVE-2026-84078 IBM Guardium Data Protection - Authentication Bypass IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a broken authentication caused by missing authentication in LoadBalancerServlet, letting unauthenticated users perform privileged load-balancer operations, exploit requires no authentication. CVSS base score 9.9 /10 Critical CISA KEV Not listed Public exploit None known Authentication Not required EPSS 0.47% chance of exploitation in 30 days [View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84078) ## Details Type Authentication Bypass Impact Broken Access Control, Denial Of Service CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L Published 18 September 2026 Updated 15 October 2026 Weakness [CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html) ## Vendor fix Update to the latest 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-2026-84078](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84078) - [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288040](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288040) [← All CVEs](https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/) ## What this record can't tell you - Whether you run the affected software, and where - Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it - The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number - What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first Panop answers these inside your environment, for this CVE and every other finding. [Book a demo](https://panop.io/demo)