Vulnerability · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-17620IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift 4.0.6.0 through 4.0.6.0.0.6.0 Refresh (Operator 4.4.6+20260807.081800)4.0.7.04.0.8.04.0.9.04.0.10.0 Interim Fix 064 IBM Financial Transaction Manager transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift	4.0.6.0 – through 4.0.6.0.0.6.0 Refresh (Operator 4.4.6+20260807.081800)4.0.7.04.0.8.04.0.9.04.0.10.0 Interim Fix 064

Weakness: CWE-523 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641 vendor-advisory, patch