What is CVE-2026-84071?

CVE-2026-84071 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-84071?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Guardium Data Protection

CVE-2026-84071

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to OS command injection in the Universal Connector plugin upload functionality. A privileged authenticated attacker can provide a malicious filename that is incorporated into a shell command executed by the application, potentially resulting in arbitrary command execution with root-level privileges.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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-2026-84071?: CVE-2026-84071 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-84071?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.