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TI-2025-34800 Aliases CVE-2025-55112GHSA-grqv-c4p4-jp68

BMC Control-M/Agent hardcoded Blowfish keys

Priority LOW 35CWE-321Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass, Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321 and CWE-327.

Summary

Out-of-support Control-M/Agent versions 9.0.18 to 9.0.20 (and potentially earlier unsupported versions) that are configured to use the non-default Blowfish cryptography algorithm use a hardcoded key. An attacker with access to network traffic and to this key could decrypt network traffic between the Control-M/Agent and Server.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00217 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Control-M/Agent (BMC): 9.0.21

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
BMCControl-M/Agent9.0.20 and later; 9.0.19 and later; 9.0.18 and later9.0.21Patch availableCNA
  • Control-M/Agent VendorBMC Affected 9.0.20 and later; 9.0.19 and later; 9.0.18 and later Fixed in 9.0.21 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bmc:control-m\/agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 9.0.20.200VulnerableBMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:bmc:control-m\/agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.0.20.200 Vulnerable ·BMC

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Control-M/Agent (BMC) Fixed in 9.0.21

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    BMC Control-M/Agent — bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000…

    10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 6 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-34801 BMC Control-M/Agent unescaped NULL byte in access control list checksPriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2025-34797 BMC Control-M/Agent default SSL/TLS configuration authenticated bypassPriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2025-34804 BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow local privilege escalationPriority MEDIUM 41
    Show all 10 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-55112
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-grqv-c4p4-jp68

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2025-34801 BMC Control-M/Agent unescaped NULL byte in access control list checks CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
  • TI-2025-34797 BMC Control-M/Agent default SSL/TLS configuration authenticated bypass CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
  • TI-2025-34804 BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow local privilege escalation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-34803 BMC Control-M/Agent path traversal local privilege escalation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-34805 BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow in SSL/TLS communication CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2025-34799 BMC Control-M/Agent insecure default file permissions CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.7

Sources

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