What is CVE-2026-85542?

CVE-2026-85542 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-85542?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Guardium Data Protection

CVE-2026-85542

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is affected by a command injection vulnerability in the GIM bundle import functionality. An authenticated attacker can provide a crafted GIM bundle that causes attacker-controlled arguments to be passed to the tar command, resulting in arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2026-09-25 · last modified 2026-09-26.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

IBM Guardium Data Protection — versions 12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-85542?: CVE-2026-85542 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-85542?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.