Weak password hash protection in Control-M/Entreprise Manager

published 2026-07-01 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-40933

cvss: 5.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Control-M/Enterprise Manager uses weak protections for stored hashes of account passwords, potentially allowing offline password recovery attacks if credential data is obtained by an attacker. This vulnerability affects Control-M/Enterprise Manager unsupported versions 9.0.20.x and potentially earlier unsupported versions

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

BMC Control-M/Enterprise Manager 9.0.21

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-07-01)

Exploit prediction

0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	5.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CNA	4.0	5.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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/Enterprise Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-328 Use of Weak Hash

References

bmcapps.my.site.com /casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=kA3cx000000GFeDCAW&type=Solution

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-10540
NVD CVE-2026-10540

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Summary