CVE-2026-87980
Security vulnerability affects the UNIX S-TAP component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
02 Description
Security vulnerability affects the UNIX S-TAP 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
- 0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 4.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 21:25Z20 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-09 14:50Z19 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log FileBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- eaf0e9f59dccb9f36aa416b2fa6b5eb7111775722e496b307a238f412487a237
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing these vulnerabilities now by applying the latest IBM Guardium Data Protection Linux-UNIX S-TAP patch. Select and install the patch that corresponds to your operating system using the links provided below: S-TAP_AIX: 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_S-TAP_AIX_r124850&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc S-TAP_Amazon: 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_S-TAP_Amazon_r124850&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc S-TAP_Debian: 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_S-TAP_Debian_r124850&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc S-TAP_Modules: 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_S-TAP_Modules_r124850&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc S-TAP_RedHat: