# CVE-2026-17620: IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities

> IBM Financial Transaction Manager transmits sensitive data in cleartext, allowing unauthorized actors to sniff communications and read confidential information.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gh73-p5gm-3gvw

## What is CVE-2026-17620?

CVE-2026-17620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Financial Transaction Manager, published on 22 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift 4.0.6.0 through 4.0.6.0.0.6.0 Refresh (Operator 4.4.6+20260807.081800)4.0.7.04.0.8.04.0.9.04.0.10.0 Interim Fix 064 IBM Financial Transaction Manager transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Weakness: CWE-523 (Unprotected Transport of Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17620?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Financial Transaction Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-17620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-17620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Financial Transaction Manager

- [CVE-2026-18169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18169/): IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-18162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18162/): IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-18163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18163/): IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-18872](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18872/): IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-17635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17635/): IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-17620 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-17620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Financial Transaction Manager, published on 22 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Financial Transaction Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17620/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17620
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17620
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-17620

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17620/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.