Medium severity · published Jul 1, 2026
CVE-2026-10540
Weak password hash protection in Control-M/Entreprise Manager
5.6
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Control-M/Enterprise Manager uses weak protections for stored hashes of account passwords, potentially allowing offline password recovery attacks if credential data is obtained by an attacker. This vulnerability affects Control-M/Enterprise Manager unsupported versions 9.0.20.x and potentially earlier unsupported versions
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CM
Control-M/Enterprise Manager · BMC
9.0.20 before 9.0.21 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10540
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10540
bmcapps.my.site.com
https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=kA3cx000000GFeDCAW&type=Solution
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