Path Traversal in Bmc Control-M/agent

CVE-2025-55115

A path traversal 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. This vulnerability was fixed in 9.0.20.100 and above.

EPSS: 0.002 (5.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-55115?
CVE-2025-55115 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bmc Control-M/agent, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-55115?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-55115 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.