CVE-2026-18153
MediumCVSS 5.4Summary
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift uses hard-coded cryptographic keys and initialization vectors. As a result, a remote authenticated attacker could obtain sensitive information and forge authentication tags.
Risk Assessment
Exposure of authentication data and the ability to forge authentication tags may lead to session hijacking or unauthorized access to processed financial transactions.
Recommendation
Update IBM FTM for RedHat OpenShift to a patched version and replace hard-coded keys and initialization vectors with randomly generated values stored in a secure vault.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Financial Transaction Manager
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IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to cleartext transmission of sensitive information.
- CVE-2026-18173Low
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- CVE-2026-18172High
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- CVE-2026-18154High
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- CVE-2026-18152High
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to forge validly-signed messages due to improper verification of cryptographic signatures.
- CVE-2026-18137High
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary ESQL commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an ESQL command.
- CVE-2026-18133Medium
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift is vulnerable to path traversal. A remote authenticated attacker could modify server files as a result.
- CVE-2026-18132Medium
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift does not properly enforce authorization. A remote authenticated attacker could perform unauthorized payment mutation actions as a result.
- CVE-2026-18124Medium
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift stores credentials with insufficient protection. A local attacker could obtain sensitive information as a result.
- CVE-2026-18114Medium
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift performs improper path canonicalization. A remote attacker could read arbitrary files as a result.
Original NVD description (English source)
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information and forge authentication tags due to the use of hard-coded cryptographic keys and initialization vectors.