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CVE-2026-85542 is a command-injection vulnerability in the Guardium Installation Manager (GIM) bundle-import functionality of IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2. A crafted GIM bundle can cause attacker-controlled arguments to be supplied to the system tar command. An authenticated attacker can exploit this behavior to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the Guardium Central Manager.
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A CVSS 8.8 arbitrary-code-execution and privilege-escalation vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Data Protection 12.2. It arises from inadequate handling of user-supplied parameters during Guardium Installation Manager (GIM) bundle importation; an authenticated remote attacker can submit crafted files that influence arguments passed to the system tar command and execute arbitrary code.
An authenticated command-injection vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2's GIM bundle import functionality. A crafted GIM bundle can pass attacker-controlled arguments to tar, enabling arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager.
An authenticated command-injection vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 GIM bundle import functionality. A crafted bundle can pass attacker-controlled arguments to tar and achieve arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the Central Manager.
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