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title: "CVE-2026-84275: IBM Guardium Data Protection - Path Traversal"
description: "IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a path traversal caused by improper validation in the GIM file-upload functionality, letting unauthenticated attackers write arbitrary files to the Collector, exploit requires no authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84275/
---

# CVE-2026-84275 IBM Guardium Data Protection - Path Traversal

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a path traversal caused by improper validation in the GIM file-upload functionality, letting unauthenticated attackers write arbitrary files to the Collector, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84275)

## Details

Type

Path Traversal

Impact

File System Write, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

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

Published

8 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.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-2026-84275](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84275)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035)

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