VDB-356864 · CVE-2026-23781 · GCVE-0-2026-23781

BMC Control-M MFT up to 9.0.22 API Debug Interface missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BMC Control-M MFT up to 9.0.22 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component API Debug Interface. Such manipulation leads to missing encryption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-23781. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BMC Control-M MFT up to 9.0.22 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component API Debug Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in BMC Control-M/MFT 9.0.20 through 9.0.22. A set of default debug user credentials is hardcoded in cleartext within the application package. If left unchanged, these credentials can be easily obtained and may allow unauthorized access to the MFT API debug interface.

The advisory is shared for download at bmc.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-23781 since 01/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

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

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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Control-M MFT

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.6

VulDB Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/16/2026 CVE reserved
04/10/2026 +83 days Advisory disclosed
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bmc.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-23781 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-23781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356864

Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2026 20:16
Changes: 04/10/2026 20:16 (54)
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Cache ID: 216:737:103