CVE-2026-10540

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.65.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.6
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.6Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Control-M/Enterprise Manager uses weak protections for stored hashes of account passwords, potentially allowing offline password recovery attacks if credential data is obtained by an attacker. This vulnerability affects Control-M/Enterprise Manager unsupported versions 9.0.20.x and potentially earlier unsupported versions

CVSS v3
5.6
EG Score
5.6(high)
EPSS
0.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 1, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 1, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-10540 detected on Control-M/Enterprise Manager 9.0.20.x: Insecure Control-M/Enterprise Manager password hash algorithm

https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=kA3cx000000GFeDCAW&type=Solution

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-10540(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 14:22 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 14:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-05 13:22 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-05 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-04 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-04 12:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-03 11:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-03 11:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-02 10:23 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-02 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-01 09:23 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-01 09:22 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-10540?
CVE-2026-10540 is a medium vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. The Control-M/Enterprise Manager uses weak protections for stored hashes of account passwords, potentially allowing offline password recovery attacks if credential data is obtained by an attacker. This vulnerability affects Control-M/Enterprise Manager unsupported versions 9.0.20.x and potentially…
When was CVE-2026-10540 disclosed?
CVE-2026-10540 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-10540 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-10540 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-10540?
CVE-2026-10540 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-10540?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-10540, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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