CVE-2025-55109 (GCVE-0-2025-55109)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 12:14 – Updated: 2025-09-17 03:55
VLAI?
Summary
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the out-of-support Control-M/Agent versions 9.0.18 to 9.0.20 and potentially earlier unsupported versions when using an empty or default kdb keystore or a default PKCS#12 keystore. A remote attacker with access to a signed third-party or demo certificate for client authentication can bypass the need for a certificate signed by the certificate authority of the organization during authentication on the Control-M/Agent.
The Control-M/Agent contains hardcoded certificates which are only trusted as fallback if an empty kdb keystore is used; they are never trusted if a PKCS#12 keystore is used. All of these certificates are now expired.
In addition, the Control-M/Agent default kdb and PKCS#12 keystores contain trusted third-party certificates (external recognized CAs and default self-signed demo certificates) which are trusted for client authentication.
Severity ?
9 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| BMC | Control-M/Agent |
Unaffected:
9.0.21
(semver)
Affected: 9.0.20 (semver) Affected: 9.0.19 (semver) Affected: 9.0.18 (semver) |
Credits
Airbus SAS - Jean-Romain Garnier - seclab@airbus.com
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