8.5

CVE-2026-17646: IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities

Analyzed
Published 22-09-2026Last modified 23-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-17646 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in ibm financial_transaction_manager. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper restriction of XML external entity references.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

23-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links