--- title: "CVE-2026-84250: IBM Guardium Data Protection - Privilege Escalation" description: "IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component, letting local attackers recover root password and gain root privileges, exploit requires local access." url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84250/ --- # CVE-2026-84250 IBM Guardium Data Protection - Privilege Escalation IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component, letting local attackers recover root password and gain root privileges, exploit requires local access. CVSS base score 8.4 /10 High CISA KEV Not listed Public exploit None known Authentication Not required EPSS 0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days [View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84250) ## Details Type Privilege Escalation Impact Privilege Escalation CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Published 8 October 2026 Updated 15 October 2026 Weakness [CWE-798](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html) ## Vendor fix Update to the latest version with fixed cryptographic protection and no hard-coded keys. 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-2026-84250](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84250) - [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035) [← 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)