Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2025 · Assigned by airbus
CVE-2025-55116BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow local privilege escalation
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity stack buffer overflow in Control-M/Agent from BMC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| BMC | Control-M/Agent | 9.0.209.0.199.0.18 |
Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H