Authenticated RCE in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 risks full system compromise and sensitive data exposure in enterprise environments; high CVSS (9.0).
CVE-2026-84031
Authenticated remote RCE in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.
Is CVE-2026-84031 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-84031 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 0.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-84031?
CVE-2026-84031 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.0. 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-2026-84031?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-84031. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-84031 affect?
CVE-2026-84031 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-2026-84031?
Apply vendor patch/mitigations ASAP; restrict admin UI access and monitor logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary code via web input, enabling system takeover and data exfiltration.
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 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
- 20 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.