CVE-2026-84245CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-84245

High · published October 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in the cp_wrapper component. A low-privileged local user could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges and access or modify sensitive system files.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00093 · 0.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-09T00:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
ibm/guardium_data_protectionall versions—
References (1)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 OCT 03:32Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 08 OCT 19:08Z
    IBM Guardium Data Protection Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5
  • 08 OCT 19:08Z
    IBM Guardium Data Protection Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5