Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-19087 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-19087 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-19087?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.4, published 23 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Financial Transaction Manager 4.x and earlier.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-19087?
- 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-2026-19087 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-19087?
- 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
CVE-2026-19087 involves improper privilege management within IBM FTM when deployed on Red Hat OpenShift, allowing a local attacker (with initial container access) to achieve privilege escalation. The vulnerability requires local attack vector and no prior authentication. A successful exploit grants the attacker elevated privileges within the container context.
Affected products
- IBM Financial Transaction Manager 4.x and earlier
Timeline
- 2026-09-23: disclosed