---
id: CVE-2026-84244
title: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is
  vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Quick Search results
  grid
summary: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is
  vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Quick Search results
  grid. An unauthenticated attacker who can influence monitored database traffic
  could e…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: ibm
product: guardium_data_protection
affected:
  - guardium_data_protection = 12.2
published: '2026-10-08'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T14:23:46.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84244'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035'
    label: psirt@us.ibm.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00223
epssPercentile: 0.11904
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T21:07:56.443Z'
---

## Overview

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Quick Search results grid. An unauthenticated attacker who can influence monitored database traffic could execute malicious script in the browser of an authenticated Guardium user.

## Affected

- `guardium_data_protection = 12.2`

## Remediation

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