CVE-2025-55115

BMC Control-M/Agent path traversal local privilege escalation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSoftware Control M Agent

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.0.20.1009.0.189.0.199.0.20
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.0.20.100 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.0.21 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHairbus
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-23

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