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title: "CVE-2026-84245: IBM Guardium Data Protection - Privilege Escalation"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84245/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84245)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.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-2026-84245](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84245)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035)

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