CVE-2026-84884

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Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-09-25 14:17:19.770000

Last modified

2026-10-20 19:03:18.383000

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