High severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-84275
IBM Guardium Data Protection Path Traversal
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to path traversal in the GIM file-upload functionality. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the Collector.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GD
Guardium Data Protection · IBM
12.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84275
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84275
vendor-advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035
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