HCL BigFix Platform is affected by weak web transport security

published 2022-05-06 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-14502

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

Weak web transport security (Weak TLS): An attacker may be able to decrypt the data using attacks

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hcltech bigfix_platform 9.5.19, 10.0.6

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software BigFix Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098116
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-27761
NVD CVE-2021-27761

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