CVE-2026-18066

HIGHPre-NVD 7.97.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-23. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information and trigger unauthorized actions due to server-side request forgery.

CVSS v3
7.9
EG Score
7.9(high)
EG Risk
36(Track)
EG Risk 36/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity79% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18066(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-23 18:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-23 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-23 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-23 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-23 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 11:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-23 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-22 22:34 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-22 21:48 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-22 21:47 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18066?
CVE-2026-18066 is a high vulnerability published on September 22, 2026. IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information and trigger unauthorized actions due to server-side request forgery.
When was CVE-2026-18066 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18066 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 22, 2026, with the most recent update on September 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18066 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18066 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18066?
CVE-2026-18066 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18066?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18066, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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