CVE-2025-55118
BMC Control-M/Agent memory corruption in SSL/TLS communication
Memory corruptions can be remotely triggered in the Control-M/Agent when SSL/TLS communication is configured.
The issue occurs in the following cases:
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.20: SSL/TLS configuration is set to the non-default setting "use_openssl=n";
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.21 and 9.0.22: Agent router configuration uses the non-default settings "JAVA_AR=N" and "use_openssl=n"
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
BMC Control-M/Agent memory corruption in SSL/TLS communication
Memory corruptions can be remotely triggered in the Control-M/Agent when SSL/TLS communication is configured.
The issue occurs in the following cases:
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.20: SSL/TLS configuration is set to the non-default setting "use_openssl=n";
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.21 and 9.0.22: Agent router configuration uses the non-default settings "JAVA_AR=N" and "use_openssl=n"
- Record
CVE-2025-55118- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.9 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-125, CWE-787, CWE-191, CWE-665, CWE-835, CWE-415, CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-29564
Memory corruptions can be remotely triggered in the Control-M/Agent when SSL/TLS communication is configured.
The issue occurs in the following cases:
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.20: SSL/TLS configuration is set to the non-default setting "use_openssl=n";
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.21 and 9.0.22: Agent router configuration uses the non-default settings "JAVA_AR=N" and "use_openssl=n"
- Record
EUVD-2025-29564- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r54c-3jgv-4vr7
Memory corruptions can be remotely triggered in the Control-M/Agent when SSL/TLS communication is...
Memory corruptions can be remotely triggered in the Control-M/Agent when SSL/TLS communication is configured.
The issue occurs in the following cases:
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.20: SSL/TLS configuration is set to the non-default setting "use_openssl=n";
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.21 and 9.0.22: Agent router configuration uses the non-default settings "JAVA_AR=N" and "use_openssl=n".
- Record
GHSA-r54c-3jgv-4vr7- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 8.9 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Memory corruptions can be remotely triggered in the Control-M/Agent when SSL/TLS communication is configured.
The issue occurs in the following cases:
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.20: SSL/TLS configuration is set to the non-default setting "use_openssl=n";
- Control-M/Agent 9.0.21 and 9.0.22: Agent router configuration uses the non-default settings "JAVA_AR=N" and "use_openssl=n"
- Record
CVE-2025-55118- CVSS 4.0
- 8.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 8.9 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-125, CWE-191, CWE-415, CWE-416, CWE-665, CWE-787, CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-55118 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Bmc Control-m/agent, published September 16, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.