Vulnerability · CVE-2025-55116
A buffer overflow in the Control-M/Agent can lead to a local privilege escalation when an attacker has access to the system running the Agent.
Published Sep 16, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · BMC Control-M/Agent
Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-55116. EPSS is 0.16%. Act only if a listed version of BMC Control-M/Agent is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Same product and reporting
- CVE-2025-55108 · Critical
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- CVE-2025-55113 · Critical
- Severity
- Critical9.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.16%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor BMC Control-M/Agent patch: 9.0.21
A buffer overflow 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.
Are you affected?
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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor BMC Control-M/Agent patch: 9.0.21patch: 9.0.21
How to fix CVE-2025-55116
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in patch: 9.0.21
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-55116. EPSS is 0.16%. Act only if a listed version of BMC Control-M/Agent is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with BMC Control-M/Agent patch: 9.0.21 patch: 9.0.21. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.16%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 16, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
A buffer overflow 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.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
A buffer overflow 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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-55116
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-55116
30-day exploitation probability 0.16%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-29566
A buffer overflow 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.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- EUVDOct 22, 2026