HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys

Summary

CVECVE-2026-21765
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerHCL
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-02 00:16:23 UTC
Updated2026-04-02 00:16:23 UTC
DescriptionHCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys.  The private cryptographic keys located on a Windows host machine might be subject to overly permissive file system permissions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-276 | CWE-732 | CWE-732 CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource | CWE-276 CWE-276 Incorrect default permissions


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA HCLSoftware BigFix Platform affected 11.0.0 - 11.0.5 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.hcl-software.com/csm [email protected] support.hcl-software.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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