Affects IBM Guardium, a widely‑deployed enterprise data protection product; remote file-deletion can cause data loss/service disruption across organizations.
CVE-2026-82900
Path traversal in IBM Guardium allows remote deletion of arbitrary files.
Is CVE-2026-82900 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-82900 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 0.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-82900?
CVE-2026-82900 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.1. 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-2026-82900?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-82900, 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-2026-82900 affect?
CVE-2026-82900 affects IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1, IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.2, Guardium appliances. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-82900?
Isolate Guardium interfaces, apply vendor advisory/patch when available, review backups and logs
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote path-traversal lets unauthenticated/remote attacker delete arbitrary files on Guardium appliance, causing data loss, service disruption, or integrity compromise.
Immediate action required
- affected12.2.2
- affected12.1
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.