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TheHackerWire and NVD records corroborate IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 flaws including CVE-2026-85029 (CVSS 7.5 path traversal) with fix pack SqlGuard_12.0p233, published around Sept 18-25 2026.

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IBM Discloses Two More Guardium Data Protection 12.2 Flaws, Including a CVSS 8.8 Bug

NVD published two more high-severity CVE records for IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 on September 25: CVE-2026-85542 (CVSS 8.8), a command injection bug, and CVE-2026-85029 (CVSS 7.5), a path traversal flaw. IBM lists fix pack SqlGuard_12.0p233.

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Two more high-severity flaws in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 received NVD records on September 25. CVE-2026-85542 (CVSS 8.8) lets an authenticated attacker run commands with elevated privileges on the Central Manager through a crafted GIM bundle. CVE-2026-85029 (CVSS 7.5) is a path traversal flaw that could expose data, delete files or run code. IBM lists fix pack SqlGuard_12.0p233.

IBM discloses two more high-severity vulnerabilities in Guardium Data Protection 12.2 in CVE records that NVD published on September 25, adding to the two Guardium flaws The Circuitry covered earlier today. The more serious of the new pair, CVE-2026-85542, is a command injection bug rated CVSS 8.8 by IBM.
A credentialed adversary may submit a specially prepared GIM bundle, letting attacker-selected parameters reach the tar command.
CVE-2026-85542 lets a signed-in attacker run commands on the Central Manager. The flaw is in Guardium's GIM bundle import feature. IBM says a specially built GIM bundle can slip attacker-chosen arguments into the tar command, giving the attacker arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager. The CVSS 3.1 vector requires only low privileges and no user interaction, and the weakness is CWE-78, OS command injection.
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CVE-2026-85029 is a path traversal flaw scored 7.5. Because Guardium Data Protection 12.2 does not properly restrict file paths to an allowed directory, IBM says a remote attacker could read sensitive information, delete arbitrary files or run arbitrary code. The vector rates attack complexity as high and requires low privileges. It is classified as CWE-22.

IBM points customers to fix pack SqlGuard_12.0p233. Each flaw appears in a separate IBM security bulletin first published September 17. Both bulletins list version 12.2 as affected, link the SqlGuard_12.0p233 fix pack on IBM Fix Central and list no workarounds. IBM encourages customers to update promptly.
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NVD lists both records as awaiting analysis, so the scores above are IBM's own as the assigning CNA.
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