{"id":"CVE-2026-84250","title":"IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component","summary":"IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain…","severity":"high","cvss":8.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-798"],"vendor":"ibm","product":"guardium_data_protection","affected":["guardium_data_protection = 12.2"],"published":"2026-10-08","updated":"2026-10-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-10T04:18:18.663","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84250","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00096,"epssPercentile":0.0069,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T21:07:56.444Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-09T00:00:00+00:00"},"slug":"CVE-2026-84250","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable due to weak cryptographic protection and a hard-coded recovery key in the pkcrypto passkey component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover the root password and gain root privileges.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `guardium_data_protection = 12.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":46,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":46.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}