Vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager

CVE-2026-18153

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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (4.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 4.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-18153: held from 0.001 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-18153?
CVE-2026-18153 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-18153?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.