---
id: CVE-2026-84275
title: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to path traversal in the GIM
  file-upload functionality
summary: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to path traversal in the GIM
  file-upload functionality. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this
  vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the Collector.
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: ibm
product: guardium_data_protection
affected:
  - guardium_data_protection = 12.2
published: '2026-10-08'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T14:24:50.130'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84275'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035'
    label: psirt@us.ibm.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0035
epssPercentile: 0.26645
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T21:07:56.446Z'
---

## Overview

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to path traversal in the GIM file-upload functionality. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the Collector.

## Affected

- `guardium_data_protection = 12.2`

## Remediation

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