HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure credential storage

published 2022-12-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-41232

cvss: 6.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

In specific scenarios, on Windows the operator credentials may be encrypted in a manner that is not completely machine-dependent.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-17)

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

HCL Software BigFix Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102049
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38659
NVD CVE-2022-38659

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Summary