Resource exhaustion in IBM Financial Transaction Manager

CVE-2026-18170

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.6% 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-2026-18170: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-18170?
CVE-2026-18170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-18170?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.