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CVE-2026-18163 is an improper deserialization vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift. Affected FTM releases deserialize untrusted data unsafely, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause arbitrary code execution. The issue affects FTM versions 4.0.6.0 through 4.0.10.0, including specified 4.0.6.0 iFix6 builds.
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An improper deserialization vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
A critical (CVSS 9.8) network-reachable remote code-execution vulnerability caused by improper deserialization of untrusted data in IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Red Hat OpenShift.
Deserialization of untrusted data allows remote arbitrary code execution in IBM Financial Transaction Manager.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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