NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-84272 — IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 and 12.2.2 are vulnerable to missing authentic...

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC·Source: NIST NVD

Updated: Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 09:00 PM UTC

Executive Summary

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 and 12.2.2 are vulnerable to missing authentication in the edge-controller component. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary container images and gain control of managed edge clusters.

Analysis

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)

CVE-2026-84272

NVD MITRE CVE

Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Oct 8, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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