What is CVE-2026-81623?

CVE-2026-81623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2026-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-81623?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Guardium Data Protection

CVE-2026-81623

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with low user privileges on the system due to improper validation of user supplied input.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Guardium Data Protection — versions 12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-81623?: CVE-2026-81623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2026-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-81623?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.