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title: "CVE-2026-18137: IBM Financial Transaction Manager - Command Injection"
description: "IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift contains a command injection caused by improper neutralization of special elements in ESQL commands, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary ESQL commands, exploit requires network access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-18137/
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# CVE-2026-18137 IBM Financial Transaction Manager - Command Injection

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift contains a command injection caused by improper neutralization of special elements in ESQL commands, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary ESQL commands, exploit requires network access.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.30% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18137)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

22 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-89](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of IBM Financial Transaction Manager for RedHat OpenShift.

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-2026-18137](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18137)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641)

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