{"id":"CVE-2026-85542","title":"IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is affected by a command injection vulnerability in the GIM bundle import functionality","summary":"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 …","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"vendor":"IBM","product":"Guardium Data Protection","affected":["guardium_data_protection 12.2"],"published":"2026-09-25","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T16:08:48.610","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85542","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T14:09:46.368Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85542","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}