# CVE-2026-18169 — IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift

> As of 2026-09-23, CVE-2026-18169 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift, CVSS v3.1 9.9, EPSS 0.5% (42.0th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-18169 as of 2026-09-23; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-09-23

## What is CVE-2026-18169?

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper validation of symbolic links.

The record classifies CVE-2026-18169 under weakness class [CWE-22](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-22). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 13 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 9.9 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.0% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 6.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-09-22, last modified 2026-09-23

## Is CVE-2026-18169 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [IBM](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/ibm): Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift

## How to fix CVE-2026-18169

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-18169 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-18169

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-18169, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-09-24.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

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

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-18169
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-18169 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp