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IBM fixes privilege escalation flaw in Guardium Data Protection

Original: 🚨 EUVD-2026-95242 📊 Score: 7.8/10 (CVSS v3.1) 📦 Product: Guardium Data Protection 🏢 Vendor: IBM 📅 Updated: 2026-10-08 📝

A high-severity vulnerability, tracked as EUVD-2026-95242, has been published for IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2. The flaw, rated 7.8 out of 10 on the CVSS v3.1 scale, is a local privilege escalation in the cp_wrapper component. A low-privileged local user could exploit it to gain higher-level access. The advisory entry was updated on 8 October 2026.

Why now: Security teams monitoring new vulnerability advisories are flagging this high-severity IBM flaw.

IBMIBM Guardium Data ProtectionEUVD-2026-95242

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• 🚨 EUVD-2026-95242 📊 Score: 7.8/10 (CVSS v3.1) 📦 Product: Guardium Data Protection 🏢 Vendor: IBM 📅 Updated: 2026-10-08 📝 IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in the cp_wrapper component. A low-privileged local user could exploit this… · EUVD_Bot

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