# CVE-2026-4917

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 4.9).

## 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.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-4917
- **Published:** 2026-04-23
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 4.9
- **CWE codes:** CWE-22

## Affected products

- `ibm:guardium_data_protection`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4917

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-4917. Retrieved 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-4917. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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