{"id":"CVE-2026-18181","title":"IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and access sensitive information due to a hard-coded cryptographic key.","summary":"IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and access sensitive information due to a hard-coded cryptographic key.","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-321"],"vendor":"ibm","product":"financial_transaction_manager","affected":["financial_transaction_manager >= 4.0.7.0, < 4.0.11.0","financial_transaction_manager = 4.0.6.0"],"patched":["financial_transaction_manager 4.0.11.0"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-10-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-07T13:03:47.883","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18181","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00385,"epssPercentile":0.32428,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-23T18:45:18.002483Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T16:27:22.650Z","slug":"CVE-2026-18181","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and access sensitive information due to a hard-coded cryptographic key.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `financial_transaction_manager >= 4.0.7.0, < 4.0.11.0`\n- `financial_transaction_manager = 4.0.6.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `financial_transaction_manager 4.0.11.0`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}