CVE-2026-17643 IBM Financial Transaction Manager - Authentication Bypass

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift contains a broken authentication caused by insufficiently protected credentials, letting local attackers obtain sensitive information and perform unauthorized actions, exploit requires local access.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.10% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Authentication Bypass
Impact
Information Disclosure, Broken Access Control
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
22 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-522

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with credential protection improvements.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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