CVE-2026-18169

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-23. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.9Exploit: 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 remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper validation of symbolic links.

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(high)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: 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
Severity99% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
54%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 23, 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-2026-18169(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 14× in last 7d / 14× 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. 2026-09-24 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-23 22:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-23 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-23 14:36 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-23 14:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 13:44 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-23 13:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-23 11:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-23 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-23 03:25 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-23 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-22 23:26 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-22 22:23 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-22 22:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18169?
CVE-2026-18169 is a critical vulnerability published on September 22, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-18169 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18169 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-2026-18169 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18169 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 45.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18169?
CVE-2026-18169 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18169?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18169, 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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