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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bmc Control-M/agent — versions 9.0.21, 9.0.20.100, 9.0.20
- Bmc Control-M\/agent
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle (mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
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.