CVE-2021-39022: IBM Guardium Data Encryption

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.0 and 5.0.0.0 saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as a command when the file is opened by spreadsheet software. IBM X-Force ID: 213858.

Affected products

• IBM Guardium Data Encryption: version 4.0.0.0 only; version 5.0.0.0 only

Published 2022-03-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.