---
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'
---

## Overview

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 root privileges.

## Affected

- `guardium_data_protection = 12.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.