CVE-2026-84440 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges via SNMP alert text in IBM Guardium Data Protection.
- 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-2026-84440?
CVE-2026-84440 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, published on 29 Sep 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 is vulnerable to command injection in the SNMP alert notification functionality. An authenticated attacker who can influence policy alert text can cause attacker-controlled data to be executed as operating system commands by the SNMP alerter service, which runs with root privileges.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84440?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Guardium Data Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2026-84440?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-84440 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-2026-84440 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84440 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Guardium Data Protection
- CVE-2026-80442 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- 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-42cr-f7jq-5689.