Medium severity · published Sep 16, 2025
CVE-2025-55117
BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow in SSL/TLS communication
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow can be remotely triggered when formatting an error message 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".
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Control-M/Agent · BMC
9.0.22.000; 9.0.21; 9.0.20; 9.0.19; 9.0.18 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55117
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55117
Mitigation
https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000441972
Vendor Advisory
https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000442099
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