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GHSA-GH47-WQWG-V2CM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-16 15:32 – Updated: 2025-09-16 15:32

Details

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 ?

9.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.5 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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CVE-2025-55109 (GCVE-0-2025-55109)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 12:14 – Updated: 2025-09-17 03:55

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 ?

9.5 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

9 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Assigner

airbus

References

URL

Tags

	https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_Knowledge…	vendor-advisory
	https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_Knowledge…	mitigation

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	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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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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