Local Log Data Leakage in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2
CVE-2026-87980 Published on October 8, 2026
Security vulnerability affects the UNIX S-TAP component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to cleartext storage of sensitive information in logs.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-87980 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 have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-87980
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Affected Versions
IBM Guardium Data Protection:- Version 12.0 is affected.
- Version 12.1 is affected.
- Version 12.2 is affected.