IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 ExportCertificate Auth'd OS Command Injection
CVE-2026-80442 Published on September 18, 2026
IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the exportCertificate functionality. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized commands and impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-80442 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2026-80442 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-80442
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