Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-84078 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-84078 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-84078?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.9, published 18 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-84078?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-84078 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-84078?
- Check whether you run IBM Guardium Data Protection at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The LoadBalancerServlet component fails to enforce authentication checks before permitting load-balancer operations, allowing unauthenticated network access to privileged functions. An attacker can exploit this via the network to perform unauthorized administrative actions on the affected appliance, impacting both confidentiality and availability of monitored data systems.
Affected products
- IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2
Timeline
- 2026-09-18: disclosed