MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-84034 (CVSS 8.8)

NVD · officialPublished Sep 18, 2026Risk 37/100EPSS 0.2%

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a hardcoded credentials vulnerability in the hardware_assess/obstore binaries. A low-privileged authenticated user can recover hardcoded product master secrets, potentially resulting in unauthorized access to the internal database and compromise of sensitive system information.

Technical details

CVSS

8.8

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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