CVE-2025-55116 json
BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow local privilege escalation
published 2025-09-16 13 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-29566
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- BMC Control-M/Agent 9.0.20.100, 9.0.21
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 13 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 9.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 9.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- BMC Control-M/Agent
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
References
-
bmcapps.my.site.com
/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000442099
vendor-advisory
-
bmcapps.my.site.com
/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000441969
mitigation, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-55116
- NVD CVE-2025-55116
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