Root-Priv Command Injection in IBM Guardium DP 12.2 SNMP Alerter
CVE-2026-84440 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 SNMP alert notification functionality. An authenticated attacker who can influence policy alert text can cause attacker-controlled data to be executed as operating system commands by the SNMP alerter service, which runs with root privileges.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-84440 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
LOW
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-2026-84440 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-84440

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Affected Versions

IBM Guardium Data Protection Version 12.2 is affected by CVE-2026-84440