IBM Guardium DP 12.2 Signature Verification Bypass in Patch Installer
CVE-2026-84271 Published on October 8, 2026
IBM Guardium Data Protection Signature Verification Bypass
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a signature verification bypass in the patch installer. An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-84271 can be exploited with local system 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 very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2026-84271 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-84271
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