CVE-2026-84436 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
Privileged authenticated CLI users can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via command injection in the certificate export functionality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-84436?
CVE-2026-84436 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, published on 29 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to command injection in the certificate export CLI functionality, allowing a privileged authenticated CLI user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84436?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Guardium Data Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2026-84436?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-84436 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-84436 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84436 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-6796-7r89-5367.