CVE-2026-84884

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

CVSS 3.1

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-256

Published

2026-09-25

Modified

2026-10-20

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• ibm:guardium_data_protection

References

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035

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