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Vulnerability · Published Jul 1, 2026 · Assigned by airbus

CVE-2026-10538Improper deserialization handling in Control-M Components

High 8.0

In plain English

A high-severity unsafe deserialization in Control-M/Enterprise Manager from BMC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Messaging consumer functionality allows deserialization of user-controlled data without sufficient restriction of allowed object types in the out of support Control-M/Server and Control-M/Enterprise Manager versions 9.0.20.x and potentially earlier. This issue may allow an authenticated attacker to trigger unintended server-side behavior through crafted serialized content.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
BMC Control-M/Enterprise Manager 9.0.20 – before 9.0.21
BMC Control-M/Server 9.0.20 – before 9.0.21

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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