BMC Control-M/Enterprise Manager/Server up to 9.0.20 deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in BMC Control-M, Enterprise Manager and Server up to 9.0.20. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-10538. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BMC Control-M, Enterprise Manager and Server up to 9.0.20. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Messaging consumer functionality allows deserialization of user-controlled data without sufficient restriction of allowed object types in the out of support Control-M/Server and Control-M/Enterprise Manager versions 9.0.20.x and potentially earlier. This issue may allow an authenticated attacker to trigger unintended server-side behavior through crafted serialized content.

The advisory is shared at bmcapps.my.site.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-10538 since 06/01/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-40926). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Control-M/Enterprise Manager/Server 9.0.21

Timelineinfo

06/01/2026 CVE reserved
07/01/2026 +30 days Advisory disclosed
07/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bmcapps.my.site.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-10538 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-10538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-375461
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2026 10:37
Updated: 07/01/2026 12:20
Changes: 07/01/2026 10:37 (74), 07/01/2026 12:20 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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