BMC Control-M/Agent up to 9.0.22.000 null byte or nul character

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BMC Control-M and Agent 9.0.18/9.0.19/9.0.20/9.0.21/9.0.22.000. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper neutralization of null byte or nul character. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-55113. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BMC Control-M and Agent 9.0.18/9.0.19/9.0.20/9.0.21/9.0.22.000. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper neutralization of null byte or nul character vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-158. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes NUL characters or null bytes when they are sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

If the Access Control List is enforced by the Control-M/Agent and the C router is in use (default in Out-of-support Control-M/Agent versions 9.0.18 to 9.0.20 and potentially earlier unsupported versions; non-default but configurable using the JAVA_AR setting in newer versions), the verification stops at the first NULL byte encountered in the email address referenced in the client certificate. An attacker could bypass configured ACLs by using a specially crafted certificate.

It is possible to read the advisory at bmcapps.my.site.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-55113 since 08/07/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/10/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-29569). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• BMC

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• Agent
• Control-M

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• 9.0.18
• 9.0.19
• 9.0.20
• 9.0.21
• 9.0.22.000

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• commercial

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