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Guardium Data Protection EUVDEUVD-2026-83429

| CVE-2026-84077 HIGH
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352)
2026-09-18 ibm GHSA-q2f2-p9wg-qv6f
8.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: ibm
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure authenticated admin to malicious page
  2. Exploit
    Browser auto-submits forged request
  3. Execution
    Guardium accepts request as admin
  4. Impact
    Security restriction bypassed / config altered

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a victim who is a currently-authenticated Guardium Data Protection 12.2 user (typically an administrator with privileges to change security restrictions) to be tricked into loading attacker-controlled web content while their session is active (UI:R). The attacker needs no credentials of their own (PR:N) but cannot act without this authenticated victim and their interaction. Exploitation is limited or prevented where the deployment enforces anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookie protections, re-authentication for sensitive actions, or where the management interface is not reachable by the victim's browser at exploitation time; the vendor patch (node 7288035) closes the flaw.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H, base 8.1) describes a network-reachable CSRF flaw (CWE-352) requiring no attacker authentication (PR:N) but mandating victim interaction (UI:R) - the attacker rides an already-authenticated administrator's browser session. Confidentiality impact is explicitly none (C:N), consistent with CSRF's nature as a state-changing rather than data-reading attack; the claimed I:H/A:H reflect forged privileged actions (configuration/security-restriction changes) rather than direct data theft. Exploitation status: no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the provided intelligence, so this is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The 8.1 rating is meaningfully gated by the UI:R requirement (a logged-in privileged user must be lured to attacker-controlled content) and by anti-CSRF token/SameSite defenses that may already exist in some deployments; this makes it a real but conditional priority rather than a wormable, unauthenticated RCE. Note a mild tension: PR:N is correct for the attacker but the meaningful impact depends on the victim being an authenticated admin, so real-world severity tracks whoever can be socially engineered. I would rate availability impact lower than A:H (a forged request typically alters integrity/state, not necessarily service availability); my independent assessment leans C:N/I:H/A:L.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious web page or email containing an auto-submitting form or embedded request targeting a state-changing Guardium Data Protection management endpoint. A currently-authenticated Guardium administrator who visits the page unknowingly issues the forged request, causing security restrictions to be bypassed or configuration to be altered under their privileges. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and success requires the victim to be logged in and to interact (UI:R).

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 18, 2026

Cross-site request forgery in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L, base 8.1) to bypass security restrictions by riding an already-authenticated administrator's browser session, producing high integrity impact on protected configuration. The attacker supplies no credentials of their own, but exploitation requires a victim who is currently logged in to Guardium to be tricked into loading attacker-controlled web content while that session is live, so no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. IBM has published a vendor patch via support page node 7288035, and deployments enforcing anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies, or re-authentication for sensitive actions are materially less exposed.

RemediationAI

Upgrade IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 to the fixed level published in IBM's advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035; patch status is available per vendor advisory, but no exact fix version number was provided in the input, so confirm the specific build on that page before scheduling a change window (the vendor advisory is the only authoritative patch reference here). If immediate upgrade is not possible, apply controls that directly attack CWE-352: enforce SameSite=Lax or Strict on management-interface session cookies so cross-site requests cannot carry an authenticated session, accepting that legitimate cross-origin integrations may break; require re-authentication or a confirmation prompt for actions that modify security restrictions, which defeats the blind forged request at the cost of administrator friction; and restrict reachability of the Guardium management UI to trusted administrative networks, a jump host, or VPN so a victim's browser cannot load it from an attacker-influenced origin. Because the attack consumes an idle-but-authenticated session, also enforce short session timeouts and require administrators to log out when finished. These measures reduce exposure but do not fully close the flaw the way the vendor patch does.

Affected VersionsENISA

Guardium Data Protection 12.2

Affected Packages

euvd guardium_data_protection no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-352, cross-site request forgery: the Guardium Data Protection 12.2 web management interface processes state-changing HTTP requests without reliably verifying that the request originated from its own pages, typically because anti-CSRF tokens are absent, per-session rather than per-action, or because session cookies lack SameSite protections that would stop cross-origin submissions from carrying the victim's session. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the affected product family, with version 12.2 named in the description; the wildcard version component means the CPE does not itself pin an affected range, so IBM's advisory is the authority on which builds are fixed. Because the malformed requests reach the appliance over the normal network path (AV:N) and require no attacker authentication (PR:N), the gating precondition is an authenticated victim - characteristically an administrator holding privileges to change security restrictions - making victim interaction (UI:R) the deciding factor rather than credential theft. Impact stays within the vulnerable application (S:U), with no confidentiality loss reported (C:N), high integrity impact (I:H) from attacker-directed configuration changes, and low availability impact (A:L).

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Severity by source

Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY 8.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.1 HIGH

CSRF needs no attacker auth (PR:N) but a lured authenticated admin (UI:R); forged state-changing actions give I:H, no data read (C:N), and only limited availability effect (A:L).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).

CVSS VectorVendor: ibm

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 contains a high-severity cross-site request forgery vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to manipulate security configurations by exploiting an authenticated administrator's active session. This poses a significant risk to organizations relying on Guardium for data protection and compliance monitoring, as unauthorized changes to protected settings could undermine security controls and lead to regulatory issues. With a vendor patch now available, immediate remediation is critical to maintain the integrity of the data protection platform.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche enterprise database-activity-monitoring appliance, limited deployment footprint
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

40
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +40
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.

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