Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-81937IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in Guardium Data Protection from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability in the import remotelog_config file CLI command. A highly privileged authenticated user can inject shell commands through the filename parameter, potentially resulting in arbitrary command execution with root privileges and impact to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Guardium Data Protection	12.2

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288040 vendor-advisory, patch