What is CVE-2026-23781?

CVE-2026-23781 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bmc Control-M\/managed File Transfer, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-23781?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bmc Control-M\/managed File Transfer

CVE-2026-23781

An issue was discovered in BMC Control-M/MFT 9.0.20 through 9.0.22. A set of default debug user credentials is hardcoded in cleartext within the application package. If left unchanged, these credentials can be easily obtained and may allow unauthorized access to the MFT API debug interface.

Published 2026-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bmc Control-M\/managed File Transfer

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.bmc.com/support/resources/issue-defect-management.html (Vendor Advisory)
docs.bmc.com/xwiki/bin/view/Control-M-Orchestration/Control-M/ctm9022/Patches/C… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23781?: CVE-2026-23781 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bmc Control-M\/managed File Transfer, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-23781?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.