IBM Guardium is widely used enterprise data-protection software; authenticated RCE could lead to full appliance compromise and data exposure across organizations.
CVE-2026-84074
Authenticated RCE in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 via web UI
Is CVE-2026-84074 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-84074 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 0.32% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-84074?
CVE-2026-84074 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.9. 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-2026-84074?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-84074, 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-2026-84074 affect?
CVE-2026-84074 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-2026-84074?
Apply IBM update ASAP; restrict admin web access, rotate creds, 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 on the Guardium appliance, enabling full system compromise and data access.
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.