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CVE-2025-55117

BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow in SSL/TLS communication

Published: Sep 16, 2025Updated: Oct 10, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-121
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow can be remotely triggered when formatting an error message in the Control-M/Agent when SSL/TLS communication is configured. The issue occurs in the following cases: * Control-M/Agent 9.0.20: SSL/TLS configuration is set to the non-default setting "use_openssl=n"; * Control-M/Agent 9.0.21 and 9.0.22: Agent router configuration uses the non-default settings "JAVA_AR=N" and "use_openssl=n".

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-121

Affected Products

Control-M/AgentBMC
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
control-m\/agentbmc
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
bmccommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka control-m, track-it!, patrol agent

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000442099
bmcapps.my.site.com
https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000441972
bmcapps.my.site.com

Timeline

Published
Sep 16, 2025
Last Updated
Oct 10, 2025

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