---
id: CVE-2026-84276
title: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.2 is affected by a denial-of-service
  vulnerability in the edge-controller
summary: >-
  IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.2 is affected by a denial-of-service
  vulnerability in the edge-controller. An unauthenticated remote attacker with
  network access to the edge-controller gRPC service can provide malformed task
  data that …
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-400
published: '2026-10-08'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T20:49:50.083'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84276'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288627'
    label: psirt@us.ibm.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T20:06:22.190Z'
---

## Overview

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.2 is affected by a denial-of-service vulnerability in the edge-controller. An unauthenticated remote attacker with network access to the edge-controller gRPC service can provide malformed task data that triggers an unchecked type assertion, causing the edge-controller process to terminate unexpectedly.

## Remediation

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