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CVE-2026-17620 is a cleartext transmission vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift. Affected FTM releases transmit sensitive or security-critical data through a communication channel without adequate encryption, allowing an unauthorized party able to observe that channel to recover the transmitted data.
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A cleartext transmission of sensitive or security-critical data vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift, allowing unauthorized parties able to sniff the communication channel to intercept the data.
IBM Financial Transaction Manager transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext, enabling interception by unauthorized adjacent-network actors.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
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Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.