What is CVE-2026-8405?

CVE-2026-8405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-8405?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Ibm Guardium Data Protection

CVE-2026-8405

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.1, and 12.2.2 's add-on feature of Guardium Data Protection named "Long Term Retention" (LTR) can expose sensitive credentials in debug mode.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.000 (9.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Guardium Data Protection — versions 12.2.1, 12.2.2
Ibm Guardium_data_protection — versions 12.2.1, 12.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8405?: CVE-2026-8405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-8405?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.