BMC Control-M/Server cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
BMC Control-M/Server 9.0.21.300 displays cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs. An authenticated attacker with shell access could observe these credentials and use them to log in to the database server. For example, when Control-M/Server on Windows has a database connection on, it runs 'DBUStatus.exe' frequently, which then calls 'dbu_connection_details.vbs' with the username, password, database hostname, and port written in cleartext, which can be seen in event and process logs in two separate locations. Fixed in PACTV.9.0.21.307.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Control-M/Server (BMC) Fixed in PACTV.9.0.21.307
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48709
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cgj5-r57f-xw42
References
Advisory 1
Sources
- CVE-2025-48709 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-48709 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cgj5-r57f-xw42 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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