CVE-2026-18170 is an uncontrolled resource-allocation vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Red Hat OpenShift. The product allocates resources without adequate limits or throttling, enabling a remote attacker to drive excessive resource consumption and cause a denial-of-service condition. Affected releases include FTM 4.0.6.0 through 4.0.10.0, including specified 4.0.6.0 iFix6 builds.
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A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Red Hat OpenShift caused by unrestricted resource allocation without limits or throttling.
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling enables remote denial of service in IBM Financial Transaction Manager.
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