IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0/12.1/12.2 hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0/12.1/12.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-84891. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0/12.1/12.2. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to use of hard-coded credentials.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-84891 since 09/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 10/09/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

09/02/2026 CVE reserved
10/08/2026 +36 days Advisory disclosed
10/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-84891 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-84891
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-415613

Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2026 00:01
Changes: 10/09/2026 00:01 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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