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title: "CVE-2026-84842: IBM Guardium Data Protection - Path Traversal & Data Tampering"
description: "IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a path traversal and arbitrary file deletion vulnerability caused by improper validation in the Datasource REST component, letting authenticated remote attackers delete files and cause denial of service or system integrity impact."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84842/
---

# CVE-2026-84842 IBM Guardium Data Protection - Path Traversal & Data Tampering

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a path traversal and arbitrary file deletion vulnerability caused by improper validation in the Datasource REST component, letting authenticated remote attackers delete files and cause denial of service or system integrity impact.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.39% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84842)

## Details

Type

Path Traversal

Impact

Denial Of Service, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

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

Published

29 September 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-2026-84842](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84842)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035)

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