CRITICAL: CVE-2026-23781 (CVSS 9.8) — bmc control-m\/managed file transfer

CVE: CVE-2026-23781

CVSS: 9.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

bmc control-m\/managed file transfer

Summary

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.

Verified Sources

References

https://docs.bmc.com/xwiki/bin/view/Control-M-Orchestration/Control-M/ctm9022/Patches/Control-M-MFT-PAAFP-9-0-22-025/
https://www.bmc.com/support/resources/issue-defect-management.html

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._

Lyrie Verdict

A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.

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