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Low · 3.8 CVE-2025-48709 EUVD-2025-23950GHSA-cgj5-r57f-xw42

BMC Control-M/Server cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs

Published Aug 7, 2025 · Updated Dec 1, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

BMC Control-M/Server 9.0.21.300 displays cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs. An authenticated attacker with shell access could observe these credentials and use them to log in to the database server. For example, when Control-M/Server on Windows has a database connection on, it runs 'DBUStatus.exe' frequently, which then calls 'dbu_connection_details.vbs' with the username, password, database hostname, and port written in cleartext, which can be seen in event and process logs in two separate locations. Fixed in PACTV.9.0.21.307.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
BMC Control-M/Server 9.0.21.300 – < PACTV.9.0.21.307 PACTV.9.0.21.307

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