RCE in an enterprise data-protection product (IBM Guardium) can lead to system compromise and data theft across organizations; urgent for security teams.
CVE-2026-84057
Remote OS command execution in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 / 12.2.2
Is CVE-2026-84057 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-84057 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-2026-84057?
CVE-2026-84057 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-2026-84057?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-84057, 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-2026-84057 affect?
CVE-2026-84057 affects IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.2, IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-84057?
Isolate appliances, restrict admin access, apply vendor updates/mitigations ASAP
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote command execution (CWE-78) allowing full system compromise, data exfiltration, and lateral movement via management interface.
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.