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CVE-2026-84250

CVE-2026-84250HIGH
IBM Guardium Data Protection Hard-coded Credentials
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0009    0.6     —
AFFECTED
  Product                   Versions  Fixed
  Guardium Data Protection  12.2 –    —
TIMELINE
  Sep 1   Reserved by ibm
  Oct 8   Published (CNA: ibm)
  Oct 10  RESCORED — CVE-2026-84250 (IBM Guardium Data Protection). CVSS 8.4 → 7.8 (NVD).
CWE-798 · CNA: ibm · CVSS v3.1 · 1 reference · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
September 1, 2026ReservedReserved by ibm
October 8, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: ibm)
October 10, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2026-84250 (IBM Guardium Data Protection). CVSS 8.4 → 7.8 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
IBMGuardium Data Protection—12.2—

Weaknesses

CWE-798

References (1)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-84250 at cve.org

Vendors: ibm

Weaknesses: CWE-798

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-84250 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.