CVE•Published 2026-04-10•Modified 2026-04-27•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-23781Bmc · Control-m\/managed_file_transfer
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
20
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 80% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-04-10
Modified 2026-04-27
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-23781Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Bmc Control-m\/managed File Transfer"All exposed Bmc Control-m\/managed File Transfer instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Control-m\/managed File Transfer"HTTP body or banner mentions "Control-m\/managed File Transfer" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-23781Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-23781Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-23781Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-23781GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-23781" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-23781 on GitHub.