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CVE-2026-18161 is an improper input-validation vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift. FTM does not adequately validate a client-supplied HTTP header before using its value in transaction audit logging, allowing an authenticated remote user to cause falsified transaction audit-log records.
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An improper-validation vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Red Hat OpenShift that permits a remote authenticated attacker to falsify transaction audit logs through a client-supplied HTTP header.
Improper validation of a client-supplied HTTP header enables an authenticated remote attacker to falsify IBM Financial Transaction Manager transaction audit logs.
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