CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-84250

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.09%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this to recover the root password and gain root privileges.

Risk Assessment

Gaining root privileges by a local attacker could lead to full system compromise and access to sensitive data.

Recommendation

Change default keys and passwords, apply patches from IBM, and strengthen access control to the system.

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Original NVD description (English source)

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.

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