CVE-2026-18181 IBM Financial Transaction Manager - Authentication Bypass

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift contains a broken authentication caused by a hard-coded cryptographic key, letting remote attackers bypass authentication and access sensitive information, exploit requires no special conditions.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.24% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Authentication Bypass
Impact
Broken Authentication, Information Disclosure
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
23 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-321

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with the hard-coded key fixed.

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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