{"id":"CVE-2026-84891","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Security vulnerability affects the Windows GIM component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection","description":"IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to use of hard-coded credentials.","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T21:27:31.798Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T14:50:07.748Z","severity":{"score":5.9,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","source":"ibm"},"assigner":"ibm","products":["IBM Guardium Data Protection"],"affected":[{"vendor":"IBM","product":"Guardium Data 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