CVE-2026-10540

Password recovery via weakly protected stored hashes

Published Jul 1, 2026 · Updated Jul 1, 2026

Weak password-hash protection in BMC Control-M/Enterprise Manager before 9.0.21 allows local users to recover account passwords offline. Stored account-password hashes lack sufficient protection against offline recovery after an attacker obtains the credential data. Exploitation requires high local privileges and prior credential-data access; BMC has not disclosed the hash algorithm or storage locus.

CVSS severity5.6
Medium
EPSS probability0.11%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Weak password-hash protection in BMC Control-M/Enterprise Manager before 9.0.21 allows local users to recover account passwords offline. Stored account-password hashes lack sufficient protection against offline recovery after an attacker obtains the credential data. Exploitation requires high local privileges and prior credential-data access; BMC has not disclosed the hash algorithm or storage locus.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-10540
Published
Jul 1, 2026
Updated
Jul 1, 2026
Vendor
BMC Software, Inc.
Product
Control-M/Enterprise Manager
Classifications
CWE-328, T1110.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=9.0.20 <9.0.21

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

BMC Software, Inc. · Control-M/Enterprise Managerversion=9.0.20 <9.0.21

Published CVSS scores

5.6AirbusCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.6AirbusCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-328Use of Weak Hash
T1110.002Password Cracking

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