CVE-2026-18172 is an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for Red Hat OpenShift. Improper restriction of XML external entity references allows XML supplied to a vulnerable processing path to cause external-entity resolution, enabling remote disclosure of sensitive information. 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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An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Red Hat OpenShift that could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Improper restriction of XML external entity references allows remote sensitive-information disclosure in IBM Financial Transaction Manager.
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