CVE-2026-84250

High

Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.

SeverityHigh

CVSS8.4

Exploit probability—

Product

Ibm Guardium Data Protection

PublishedOct 8, 2026

First seenOct 8, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-798Hard-coded credentials

How to fix

Patches

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
ibm guardium_data_protection	12.2	—

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