HCL BigFix Patch Management is vulnerable to insecurely stored credentials

published 2023-10-11 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45524

cvss: 4.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

Certain credentials within the BigFix Patch Management Download Plug-ins are stored insecurely and could be exposed to a local privileged user.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hcltech bigfix_patch_management 1055

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-19)

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA ADP	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software BigFix Patch Management

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108007
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-42451
NVD CVE-2022-42451

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Summary