CVE-2026-18169 PUBLISHED

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 28.07.2026 Published: 22.09.2026 Updated: 23.09.2026

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper validation of symbolic links.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift
Versions	affected from 4.0.6.0 to 4.0.6.0.0.6.0 Refresh (Operator 4.4.6+20260807.081800)4.0.7.04.0.8.04.0.9.04.0.10.0 Interim Fix 064 (incl.)

Solutions

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by updating FTM deployments to the following

Affected Product(s)Resolved by VRMFRemediation / First FixFinancial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift4.0.11.0 FTM 4.0.11.0 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7285661

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641

Problem Types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE