IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 change-tracker-data.sql generateInsertQuery sql injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2. Impacted is the function generateInsertQuery of the file change-tracker-data.sql. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-80441. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2. Affected by this issue is the function generateInsertQuery of the file change-tracker-data.sql. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to an unauthenticated second-order SQL injection vulnerability in the generateInsertQuery functionality of change-tracker-data.sql. A remote attacker could inject malicious SQL that is subsequently processed by the application, potentially resulting in compromise of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.

The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-80441 since 08/26/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/18/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• IBM

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• Guardium Data Protection

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• 12.2

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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