IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 CLI SMIME Deletion Command Injection
CVE-2026-84422 Published on September 29, 2026

IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to command injection in the CLI certificate SMIME recipient deletion functionality, allowing an authenticated privileged CLI user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-84422 is exploitable with network access, and requires 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.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

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-2026-84422 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-84422

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Affected Versions

IBM Guardium Data Protection Version 12.2 is affected by CVE-2026-84422