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. EPSS currently estimates a 0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-81626. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
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.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- none
- automatable
- yes
- technical impact
- partial
Assessed by CISA 18 Sept 2026 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 18 Sept 2026Published
- 18 Sept 2026CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none · same day later
- 18 Sept 2026CVE record last updated · same day later
- 21 Sept 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 2 days later
- Patchibm.com /support/pages/node/7288040
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.