IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 Universal Connector Oracle Wallet Upload path traversal
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Universal Connector Oracle Wallet Upload Component. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-84882. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Universal Connector Oracle Wallet Upload Component. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to path traversal in the Universal Connector Oracle Wallet upload component. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the system.
The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-84882 since 09/02/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/25/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.
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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Product
Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7
VulDB Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Temp Score: 9.9
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/02/2026 CVE reserved09/25/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/25/2026 VulDB entry created
09/25/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-84882 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-84882
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-410313
Entry
Created: 09/25/2026 16:44Changes: 09/25/2026 16:44 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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