CVE-2026-84245 IBM Guardium Data Protection - Privilege Escalation

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a local privilege escalation caused by a vulnerability in the cp_wrapper component, letting low-privileged local users gain root privileges and access or modify sensitive system files, exploit requires local access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Privilege Escalation, Data Tampering, Information Disclosure
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
8 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-269

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

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