HCL BigFix Asset Discovery is affected by a security vulnerability

published 2024-04-08 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-21079

cvss: 6.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

The NMAP Importer service may expose data store credentials to authorized users of the Windows Registry.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-29)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

HCL Software BigFix Enterprise Suite Asset Discovery
hcltech bigfix_enterprise_suite_asset_discovery

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0112264

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-23584
NVD CVE-2024-23584

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary