CVE-2026-17643 is an insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift. A local attacker with low privileges can access inadequately protected credentials, enabling disclosure of sensitive information and unauthorized actions. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 vector of AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
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An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Red Hat OpenShift that could enable a local attacker to access sensitive information and perform unauthorized actions.
An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability (CWE-522) in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift. A local, low-privileged attacker could obtain sensitive information and perform unauthorized actions. The listed CVSS v3.1 vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Insufficiently protected credentials allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive information and take unauthorized actions in IBM Financial Transaction Manager.
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