A weak password requirements vulnerability affects HCL Compass

published 2023-10-19 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-41390

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL Compass is vulnerable to insecure password requirements. An attacker could easily guess the password and gain access to user accounts.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hcltech hcl_compass 2.2.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-12)

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

HCL Software HCL Compass
hcl_software hcl_compass

Classification

Weakness

CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0107512
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-37503
NVD CVE-2023-37503

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Summary