Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2026-85542

IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

IBM / Guardium Data Protection · 12.2

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Severity
CVSS 8.8 · High
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
2.4%
First observed
—
Last observed
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Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2026-85542 is IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities..

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

IBM / Guardium Data Protection 12.2.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is affected by a command injection vulnerability in the GIM bundle import functionality.

An authenticated attacker can provide a crafted GIM bundle that causes attacker-controlled arguments to be passed to the tar command, resulting in arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager.

IBM Affected
Guardium Data Protection
12.2
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Published
25 Sep 2026
Exploitation Reported
26 Sep 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 26 Sep 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2026-09-26 04:10 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

2.4%

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE-78

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 04:10 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  2. 13:53 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. 09:10 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Free JSON includes basic KEV fields 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-85542",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 8.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.02409,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}