CVE-2026-82340
9.8 CRITICALPublished 2026-09-18 · Updated 2026-09-23
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit insecure deserialization and reflective method dispatch, potentially leading to code execution on the IBM Guardium appliance.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation requires network access to TCP port 16017 and the ability to submit crafted serialized messages. Precondition is the absence of proper input validation and sanitization.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, the attack could lead to full control over the Guardium appliance, compromising sensitive data and system integrity.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Disable the Change Audit System (CAS) listener or upgrade to the latest version of IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2.
Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.
NVD description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to unauthenticated insecure deserialization and attacker-controlled reflective method dispatch in the Change Audit System (CAS) listener. A network attacker able to reach TCP port 16017 may submit crafted serialized messages and potentially cause unintended code execution in the Guardium appliance.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-94
All references
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