VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-18875

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).

HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.37%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS: 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-74
Affected: ibm/financial transaction manager
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 0.2% on 24 September 2026 to 0.4% on 26 October 2026.

References

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.