Unauthenticated SQL injection in IBM Guardium Data Protection — an enterprise data-security product — can expose/alter sensitive databases across organizations.
CVE-2026-81626
Unauthenticated SQL injection in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2
Is CVE-2026-81626 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-81626 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2026-81626?
CVE-2026-81626 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-81626?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-81626, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-81626 affect?
CVE-2026-81626 affects IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-81626?
Isolate affected instances, restrict access to management endpoints, apply vendor patch/workaround when released
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated SQL injection via Load Balancer Servlet allows attackers to read/modify databases, exfiltrate data, and compromise confidentiality/integrity.
Immediate action required
- affected12.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.