Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-84082 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-84082 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-84082?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 18 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-84082?
- 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-2026-84082 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-84082?
- 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
This is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 that fails to properly neutralize special elements used in SQL commands. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication (network vector, no privilege requirement, no user interaction), allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries with full impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the underlying database. A patch from IBM is available.
Affected products
- IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2
Timeline
- 2026-09-18: disclosed