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title: "CVE-2026-84884: IBM Guardium Data Protection - Authentication Bypass"
description: "IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a broken authentication caused by storing internal REST service-account passwords in reversible plaintext-equivalent format, letting authenticated attackers recover passwords and obtain administrative REST access tokens, exploit requires authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84884/
---

# CVE-2026-84884 IBM Guardium Data Protection - Authentication Bypass

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a broken authentication caused by storing internal REST service-account passwords in reversible plaintext-equivalent format, letting authenticated attackers recover passwords and obtain administrative REST access tokens, exploit requires authentication.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.24% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84884)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

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

Published

25 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-256](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/256.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with secure password storage.

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-2026-84884](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84884)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035)

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