Release Notes
Abstract
This technical note provides guidance for installing IBM Guardium Data Protection Data lake (long term retention) patch 12.0p90240, including new features or enhancements, resolved or known issues, or notices associated with the patch.
Content
Patch information
- Patch file name: SqlGuard-12.0p90240_datalake_Sep_23_2026.tgz.enc.sig
- MD5 checksum: b818a85ec1418270527f096036c94967
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: 12.2
- Platform: All
- On the "Identify fixes" page, select Browse for fixes and click Continue.
- On the "Select fixes" page, select Other 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.
Prerequisites
- Guardium Data Protection 12.2.4 (GPU 12.0p7240; see release notes)
- The latest Guardium Data Protection health check patch 12.0p9997 (see release notes)
Installation
Note: This patch does not restart any services.
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 this patch only on the long term retention application node.
For more information, see Guardium 12.2.4 long term retention configuration.
New features and enhancements
Distributed long term retention query support
Gain capacity on demand for retaining and querying historical data with a new distributed data lake environment. Attach external worker appliances to an existing, single-node, long term retention appliance so it becomes the core unit of your distributed deployment.
Enhanced data lake reporting
Filter and sort Data Lake Reports results directly within the Reporting user interface.
S3 credentials rotation support
Change simple storage service (S3) user credentials within the CLI by using the following command: grdapi update_cold_storage_credentials
Resolved issues
| Patch | Issue key | Summary | Known issue (APAR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.0p90240 | GRD-132118 | Fixed issue with configuring IBM Cloud Object Storage for long term retention using Data lake patch 12.0p90230. |
Security updates
This patch remediates multiple security vulnerabilities. More information is available in the following IBM Security Bulletin published by the IBM Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7293026
| Patch | Issue key | CVE |
|---|---|---|
| 12.0p90240 | GRD-132823 | CVE-2026-43871, CVE-2026-45112, CVE-2026-48586, CVE-2026-66053 |
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Modified date:
19 October 2026
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ibm17289193