CVE-2026-8405

IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGuardium Data Protection

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.1, and 12.2.2 's add-on feature of Guardium Data Protection named "Long Term Retention" (LTR) can expose sensitive credentials in debug mode.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: cverecord
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7273657

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMibm
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

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