Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-18185 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18185 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-18185?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 23 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Financial Transaction Manager.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18185?
- 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-2026-18185 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-18185?
- 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
CVE-2026-18185 is a missing authentication vulnerability (CWE-306) in a critical FTM function. An unauthenticated remote attacker with network access can invoke this function to read sensitive data and alter system configurations. The vulnerability requires no user interaction or elevated privileges to exploit.
Affected products
- IBM Financial Transaction Manager
Timeline
- 2026-09-23: disclosed