CVE-2026-85542: guardium data protection 12.1, 12.2

CVE-2026-85542. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.02409 (percentile 0.83863), scored 20-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

guardium data protection · 12.1
ibm

guardium data protection · 12.2
ibm

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

An authenticated attacker can provide a crafted GIM bundle that causes attacker-controlled arguments to be passed to the tar command, resulting in arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 20-Oct-2026 21:22 UTC

CWE: CWE-78
CCR priority: 35.8 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.02409 · percentile 0.83863 · 2026-10-20
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-20 21:22:07.084487+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-85542.html