CVE-2025-55116

A buffer overflow in the Control-M/Agent can lead to a local privilege escalation when an attacker has access to the system running the Agent. This vulnerability impacts the out-of-support Control-M/Agent versions 9.0.18 to 9.0.20 and potentially earlier unsupported versions.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000441969	Vendor Advisory
https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000442099	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:bmc:control-m\/agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Oct 2025, 14:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000441969 -~~	() https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000441969 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000442099 -~~	() https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000442099 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:bmc:control-m\/agent::::::::
First Time		Bmc Bmc control-m\/agent

16 Sep 2025, 13:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-09-16 13:16

Updated : 2025-10-10 14:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-55116

Mitre link : CVE-2025-55116

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-55116

JSON object : View

Products Affected

bmc

control-m\/agent

CWE

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

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