---
id: CVE-2026-18875
title: >-
  IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift is vulnerable to
  RAG poisoning via unauthenticated runbook upsert (CWE-74) in the FTM AI agent
  server (api.vectordb.runbooks.js:51)
summary: >-
  IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift is vulnerable to
  RAG poisoning via unauthenticated runbook upsert (CWE-74) in the FTM AI agent
  server (api.vectordb.runbooks.js:51). An unauthenticated attacker can insert
  mali…
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-74
vendor: IBM
product: "Financial Transaction Manager (FTM)\_for RedHat OpenShift"
affected:
  - >-
    financial_transaction_manager_ftm_for_redhat_openshift >= 4.0.6.0 <=
    4.0.10.0
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T19:17:29.603'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18875'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288641'
    label: psirt@us.ibm.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T18:48:17.834051Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T16:27:22.652Z'
epss: 0.00218
epssPercentile: 0.10834
---

## Overview

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift is vulnerable to RAG poisoning via unauthenticated runbook upsert (CWE-74) in the FTM AI agent server (api.vectordb.runbooks.js:51). An unauthenticated attacker can insert malicious runbook content into the agent's vector database to steer AI-driven MCP tool calls, potentially triggering unauthorized payment actions or exfiltrating payment data.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.