Vulnerability · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-84274IBM Guardium Data Protection Information Disclosure

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure 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 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.2 is affected by a sensitive information exposure vulnerability. During SECRET and API_KEY rotation processing, sensitive credential material is logged at INFO level by the edge-controller/edge-manager components. An authenticated attacker with access to the relevant application or container logs could obtain these credentials and use them to impersonate services or gain unauthorized access to the Guardium control plane.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Guardium Data Protection	12.2.2

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288627 vendor-advisory, patch