CVE-2026-84440

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.7% (52nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.7%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to command injection in the SNMP alert notification functionality. An authenticated attacker who can influence policy alert text can cause attacker-controlled data to be executed as operating system commands by the SNMP alerter service, which runs with root privileges.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.7%
EPSS %ILE
52nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 29, 2026

Last Modified

October 1, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-84440(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 28× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 01:41 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 01:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 14:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 02:33 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-03 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-10-02 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 03:27 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-02 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-10-01 15:52 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.30
  13. 2026-10-01 15:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 15:52 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8
  15. 2026-10-01 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-30 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-30 08:46 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-30 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-30 04:03 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-30 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-29 21:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-29 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-29 19:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-29 18:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-29 17:59 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-29 17:58 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-84440?
CVE-2026-84440 is a high vulnerability published on September 29, 2026. IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 is vulnerable to command injection in the SNMP alert notification functionality. An authenticated attacker who can influence policy alert text can cause attacker-controlled data to be executed as operating system commands by the SNMP alerter service, which runs…
When was CVE-2026-84440 disclosed?
CVE-2026-84440 was first published on September 29, 2026, with the most recent update on October 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-84440 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-84440 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (52nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-84440?
CVE-2026-84440 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-84440?
No fix for CVE-2026-84440 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-84440 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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