CVE-2026-4917 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Guardium Data Protection

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270422

History

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
Weaknesses		CWE-22
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm guardium Data Protection
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270422
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-04-22T23:27:45.961Z

Updated: 2026-04-23T16:24:06.376Z

Reserved: 2026-03-26T17:42:57.635Z

Link: CVE-2026-4917

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-23T14:04:37.008Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-23T00:16:46.293

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:16:46.293

Link: CVE-2026-4917

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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