Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-84875 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-84875 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-84875?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 8 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, 12.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-84875?
- 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-2026-84875 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-84875?
- 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
A buffer overflow (CWE-119) in the Sniffer component of IBM Guardium Data Protection versions 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 requires network access and authenticated privileges (PR:L) to trigger. An attacker who can send specially crafted input through monitored network traffic or database connections could cause memory corruption and achieve remote code execution on the Collector appliance.
Affected products
- IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, 12.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-08: disclosed