CVE-2020-5001: IBM Financial Transaction Manager path traversal

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift: from 3.2.0 through 3.2.7

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192953
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6958504
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192953
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6958504

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