CVE-2026-18875: ibm financial_transaction_manager Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-18875 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Injection vulnerability in ibm financial_transaction_manager. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift is vulnerable to RAG poisoning via unauthenticated runbook upsert (CWE-74) in the FTM AI agent server (api.vectordb.runbooks.js:51). An unauthenticated attacker can insert malicious runbook content into the agent's vector database to steer AI-driven MCP tool calls, potentially triggering unauthorized payment actions or exfiltrating payment data.

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.