IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0/12.1/12.2 cleartext storage

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3.2$0-$5k2.29

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0/12.1/12.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-87980. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

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 an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to cleartext storage of sensitive information in logs.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-87980 since 09/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/09/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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: 3.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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CNA Base Score: 3.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/09/2026 CVE reserved
10/08/2026 +29 days VulDB entry created
10/09/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
10/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-87980 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-87980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-415667

Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2026 00:45
Changes: 10/09/2026 00:45 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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