Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-18162 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18162 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18162?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 22 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Financial Transaction Manager.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18162?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-18162 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-18162?
- Check whether you run IBM Financial Transaction Manager. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a code injection flaw in the Function constructor where user-controlled input is not properly sanitized. An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a malicious request that exploits this improper neutralization to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the FTM application. Exploitation does not require authentication or user interaction and can be triggered directly over the network.
Affected products
- IBM Financial Transaction Manager
Timeline
- 2026-09-22: disclosed