Enterprise data-protection product (IBM Guardium) with authenticated SQLi that can expose sensitive data across organizations.
CVE-2026-81933
Authenticated SQL injection in IBM Guardium 12.2 allowing data access/modification.
Is CVE-2026-81933 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-81933 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 0.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-81933?
CVE-2026-81933 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. 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-2026-81933?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-81933. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-81933 affect?
CVE-2026-81933 affects IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2, Analytic Grid Service Handler, Analytic cases grid endpoint. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-81933?
Restrict access to analytic grid, review logs/credentials, and apply vendor update when available.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged authenticated user can SQL-inject via Analytic Grid endpoint to read/modify/exfiltrate sensitive data and affect integrity/availability.
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
- no
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 22 Sept 2026 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 18 Sept 2026Published
- 21 Sept 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 2 days later
- 22 Sept 2026CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none · 1 day later
- 23 Sept 2026CVE record last updated · 1 day 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.