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title: "CVE-2026-17643: IBM Financial Transaction Manager - Authentication Bypass"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-17643/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17643)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17643](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17643)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641)

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