CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-4917

MediumCVSS 4.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.36%

29th percentile - higher than 29% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 could allow an administrative user to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to write arbitrary files on the system.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with administrative privileges could write arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to code execution or integrity compromise. However, administrative privileges are required.

Recommendation

Apply available IBM updates for Guardium Data Protection. Restrict administrative privileges and monitor for unusual URL requests.

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Original NVD description (English source)

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 could allow an administrative user to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to write arbitrary files on the system.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS