CVE-2026-8405 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability
Attackers can expose sensitive credentials in the Long Term Retention add-on when debug mode is enabled, requiring a patch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-8405?
CVE-2026-8405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, published on 27 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.1, and 12.2.2 's add-on feature of Guardium Data Protection named "Long Term Retention" (LTR) can expose sensitive credentials in debug mode.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8405?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Guardium Data Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2026-8405?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-8405 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8405 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Guardium Data Protection
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- CVE-2026-84064 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-84075 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-84078 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-75875 Multiple vulnerabilities affect the Sniffer component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xvcj-65f9-8jg3.