IBM Financial Transaction Manager path traversal
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.0 through 3.2.7 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 192953.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Financial Transaction Manager (IBM) Fixed in 3.2.7
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
IBM Financial Transaction Manager — ibm.com/support/pages/node/6958504
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-04202 IBM Financial Transaction Manager security bypassPriority LOW 39
- TI-2020-04219 Information disclosure through error messages in IBM Financial Transaction ManagerPriority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5001
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8gf6-h6wm-2vf6
References
More IBM Financial Transaction Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-14946 IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14945 IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14461 IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-14446 IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-03018 SQL injection in IBM Financial Transaction Manager CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14950 IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
Sources
- CVE-2020-5001 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-5001 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8gf6-h6wm-2vf6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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