---
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'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `financial_transaction_manager >= 4.0.7.0, < 4.0.11.0`
- `financial_transaction_manager = 4.0.6.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `financial_transaction_manager 4.0.11.0`