What is CVE-2026-1726?

CVE-2026-1726 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-1726?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Ibm Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

CVE-2026-1726

IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.0, and 5.1 enables privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized users to perform administrative operations after being demoted. Attackers could access sensitive data, modify syste…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (9.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager — versions 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0
Ibm Guardium_key_lifecycle_manager — versions 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1726?: CVE-2026-1726 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-1726?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.