RCE in IBM Guardium Data Protection

CVE-2026-80442

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the exportCertificate functionality. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized commands and impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (51.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-80442: held from 0.006 to 0.006.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-80442?
CVE-2026-80442 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-80442?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.