What is CVE-2026-4917?

CVE-2026-4917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-4917?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ibm Guardium Data Protection

CVE-2026-4917

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 could allow an administrative user to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to write arbitrary files on the system.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (7.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Guardium Data Protection — versions 12.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270422 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-4917?: CVE-2026-4917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-4917?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.