---
id: CVE-2026-84083
title: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation
  via the SUID-root nmap_wrapper binary on the Collector appliance
summary: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation
  via the SUID-root nmap_wrapper binary on the Collector appliance. A local
  attacker with low-privileged access to the Collector can exploit insufficient
  argumen…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: IBM
product: Guardium Data Protection
affected:
  - guardium_data_protection 12.2
published: '2026-09-18'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T04:17:55.503'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84083'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035'
    label: psirt@us.ibm.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00151
epssPercentile: 0.03562
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-22T00:00:00+00:00'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-18T20:51:25.684Z'
---

## Overview

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the SUID-root nmap_wrapper binary on the Collector appliance. A local attacker with low-privileged access to the Collector can exploit insufficient argument validation in the SUID binary to execute arbitrary commands as root, resulting in full compromise of the Collector appliance.

## Remediation

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