CVE-2026-4917 (GCVE-0-2026-4917)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 23:27 – Updated: 2026-04-22 23:27
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Title
IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 could allow an administrative user to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to write arbitrary files on the system.
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Guardium Data Protection Affected: 12.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
benjamin.dixon.vaca8k@statefarm.com, benjamin.dixon.vaca8k@statefarm.com, benjamin.dixon.vaca8k@statefarm.com
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