CVE-2026-84884

HIGHCVSS 7.5

Description

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.

Timeline

Published:September 25th, 2026 2:17 PM

Last modified:September 28th, 2026 1:17 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 7.5 (HIGH)

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-256

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

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

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute