CVE-2025-55116 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-55116: BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow local privilege escalation

Vendor Bmc
Product Control-M/Agent
Weakness CWE-121
Published September 16, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 16, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated