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VulnerabilityReceived

CVE-2026-84078

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a missing authentication vulnerability in the LoadBalancerServlet.

CRITICAL 9.9EPSS 0.28%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a missing authentication vulnerability in the LoadBalancerServlet. An unauthenticated user can access privileged load-balancer operations, potentially resulting in unauthorized actions and impact to the integrity and availability of the affected system.

CVSS 3.1
9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
EPSS
0.28% probability · 21th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-306
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%19 September 2026: 0.28%19 September 202619 September 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 19 September 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.