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CVE-2025-55116

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.

CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 0.16%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 4.0
9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.16% probability · 6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121
Affected
bmc/control-m\/agent
Source
cert@airbus.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.