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GHSA-J8QM-X36W-63V9

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

Details

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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    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

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CVE-2025-55116 (GCVE-0-2025-55116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 12:22 – Updated: 2025-09-17 03:55

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.

Severity ?

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          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

8.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow

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) Unaffected: 9.0.20.100 (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 Airbus SAS - Mathieu Baudon - 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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GHSA-J8QM-X36W-63V9

CVE-2025-55116 (GCVE-0-2025-55116)

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