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CVE-2026-85029

📛 CVE Title

IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, delete arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary code due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
ibm
CVSS severity
HIGH
CVSS score
CVSS 7.5 / 10 7.5 7.5 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Effective score
7.5 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-22
Reserved
2026-09-02
Published
2026-09-25 13:56 UTC
Last updated
2026-09-25 13:56 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85029.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2026-85029 — IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

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NVD published
2026-09-25 14:17:20 UTC
NVD last modified
2026-09-26 04:17:48 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1
CVSS 7.5 / 10 7.5 7.5 / 10 HIGH source: psirt@us.ibm.com
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore
1.6 / 10
Impact subscore
5.9 / 10

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Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 (affected) —

Vendor references (1)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-85029.json.

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