# CVE-2025-55111: BMC Control-M/Agent insecure default file permissions

> Local attackers can read sensitive SSL keys and passwords due to insecure default file permissions in BMC Control-M/Agent.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xxwc-hg26-q85m

## What is CVE-2025-55111?

CVE-2025-55111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BMC Control-M/Agent, published on 16 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Certain files with overly permissive permissions were identified in the out-of-support Control-M/Agent versions 9.0.18 to 9.0.20 and potentially earlier unsupported versions as well as in newer versions which were upgraded from an affected version. These files contain keys and passwords relating to SSL files, keystore and policies. An attacker with local access to the system running the Agent can access these files.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55111?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bmc Control-M\/Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-55111?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-55111 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-55111 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in BMC Control-M/Agent

- [CVE-2025-55109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55109/): BMC Control-M/Agent default SSL/TLS configuration authenticated bypass (critical 9.5)
- [CVE-2025-55113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55113/): BMC Control-M/Agent unescaped NULL byte in access control list checks (critical 9.5)
- [CVE-2025-55115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55115/): BMC Control-M/Agent path traversal local privilege escalation (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-55116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55116/): BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow local privilege escalation (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-55112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55112/): BMC Control-M/Agent hardcoded Blowfish keys (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-55111 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-55111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BMC Control-M/Agent, published on 16 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BMC Control-M/Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55111/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55111/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55111
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55111
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55111

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55111/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.