# CVE-2026-18180: IBM Financial Transaction Manager SQL injection

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-18180-ibm-financial-transaction-manager-ftm-for-redhat-openshift-could  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-23. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-18180 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-09-23

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM), a financial transaction processing platform for OpenShift, contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows authenticated remote attackers to extract sensitive data from the underlying database. An attacker with valid credentials could query the database directly to access confidential financial records, customer information, or other protected data without additional authorization.

Technologies: [IBM Financial Transaction Manager](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/financial-transaction-manager). Vendors: [IBM](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/ibm).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-18180 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18180 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-18180?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 23 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** IBM Financial Transaction Manager All versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18180?** 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-2026-18180 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-18180?** Check whether you run IBM Financial Transaction Manager at an affected version. 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

A SQL injection flaw in FTM permits remote authenticated attackers to craft malicious SQL queries through user-controllable input that is not properly sanitized before database execution. The vulnerability requires valid authentication credentials and network access to the FTM application. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to read, and potentially modify, arbitrary database contents.

## Affected products

- IBM Financial Transaction Manager All versions

## Timeline

- 2026-09-23: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641)

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