CVE-2026-17644
8.8 HIGHPublished 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-09-23
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- The flaw in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift allows a local attacker to gain unauthorized access and modify sensitive transaction data due to hard-coded credentials, posing a significant security risk.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is relatively straightforward as it requires local access, making it a high-risk vulnerability.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, the attacker could gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and modify transaction data, leading to potential financial and operational disruptions.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to the latest version of IBM FTM for RedHat OpenShift, as no specific version is mentioned in the description.
auth-bypassdata-modificationlocal-privilege-escalation
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NVD description
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a local attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and modify transaction data due to the use of hard-coded credentials.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-798
All references
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