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CVE-2026-81623

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Description

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-09-18 20:17:23.583000
Last modified
2026-11-03 23:17:56.860000
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  "published": "2026-09-18T20:17:23.583",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T23:17:56.860",
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