CVE-2026-84891
Security vulnerability affects the Windows GIM component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
02 Description
Security vulnerability affects the Windows GIM component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-15.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-08 21:27Z20 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-09 14:50Z19 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-02
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- ec0e393e24dc0cdf85b13e07d5a003ec1b0a780c67a863f727bde0efbf7effcb
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing this vulnerability now by applying the latest IBM Guardium Data Protection GIM Windows patch: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=Guardium_12.x.p102_r120204351_GIM_Windows&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc