Release Notes
Abstract
This technical note provides guidance for installing IBM Guardium Data Protection sniffer patch 12.0p4017, including any new features or enhancements, resolved or known issues, or notices associated with the patch.
Content
Patch information
- Patch file name: SqlGuard-12.0p4017_Snif_Jun_11_2026.tgz.enc.sig
- MD5 checksum: f25dffb6a19288acb010b989b77af5d0
Finding the patch
- Select the following options to download this patch on the IBM Fix Central website and click Continue.
- Product selector: IBM Security Guardium
- Installed Version: 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, or 12.x
- Platform: All
- On the "Identify fixes" page, select Browse for fixes and click Continue.
- On the "Select fixes" page, select Appliance Sniffer Patch. Then, enter the patch information in the Filter fix details field to locate the patch.
For information about Guardium patch types and naming conventions, see the Understanding Guardium patch types and patch names support document.
Installation
Notes:
- This universal sniffer patch can be installed on releases of Guardium 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2.
- Sniffer patches are cumulative, they contain all previous sniffer patches for that major version.
- This patch restarts the sniffer process.
Overview:
- Download the patch and extract the compressed package outside the Guardium system.
- Be sure to check the latest version of these patch release notes online just before you install this patch.
- Pick a "quiet" or low-traffic time to install the patch on the Guardium system.
- Install patches in a top-down manner on all Guardium systems: start with the central manager, then aggregators, then the collectors. This sniffer patch must be installed across all the appliances such as the central manager, aggregators, and collectors.
For more information, see How to install patches in the Guardium documentation.
Enhancements
Session in-band UID chain
Session-level policy rule criteria UID_CHAIN_USER matches against usernames within the unique identifier (UID) chain, allowing policies to trigger based on which users are present in the execution chain leading to a database session.
New currency items
This patch provides the following new currency items.
- CockrochDB 26.1
- Couchbase 8
- CouchDB 3.5.1
- IBM Db2 PureScale 12.1
- Model Context Protocol
- TigerGraph 4.2.2
Resolved issues
This patch resolves the following issues.
| Patch | Issue key | Summary | Known issue (APAR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.0p4015 | See release notes for sniffer patch 12.0p4016. | ||
| 12.0p4017 | GRD-109744 | Error "The cipherlist was corrupt and has been reset to DEFAULT" after removing ciphers with store ssl_conf command | DT461729 |
| GRD-117890 GRD-121502 | Fixed Microsoft SQL parser issues. | DT463744 DT469425 | |
| GRD-122006 | Fixed session information for failed login related to datastreams. | DT469349 | |
| GRD-122297 | Evaluate parsed elements of the truncated SQL against the policy rules and log, if applicable. | ||
| GRD-127970 | Added new Oracle client OS support. | DT473472 |
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Document Information
Modified date:
30 June 2026
UID
ibm17276954