CVE-2026-84071
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.5%
72.3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-78
Published 2026-09-18 · modified 2026-09-23
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | H | High |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-09-18 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-23 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to OS command injection in the Universal Connector plugin upload functionality. A privileged authenticated attacker can provide a malicious filename that is incorporated into a shell command executed by the application, potentially resulting in arbitrary command execution with root-level privileges.