Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-1726Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.0, and 5.1 enables privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized users to perform administrative operations after being demoted. Attackers could access sensitive data, modify system configurations, or change permissions for other users. The issue undermines administrative controls and could lead to data breaches, system compromise, and loss of trust in the application's security mechanisms.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager	4.1.04.1.14.2.04.2.15.0.05.1.0

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7268697 vendor-advisory, patch