HCL DevOps Velocity is susceptible to brute-force attacks

published 2026-04-13 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 32 d ago also EUVD-2025-209421

cvss: 6.8; 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 13%
public exploits: 0; none known

Rate Limiting for attempting a user login is not being properly enforced, making HCL DevOps Velocity susceptible to brute-force attacks past the unsuccessful login attempt limit. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.1.7.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hcltech devops_velocity 5.1.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 6 mo ago (2026-04-13)

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/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

HCLSoftware Velocity

Classification

Weakness

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

support.hcl-software.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0130138
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-31991
NVD CVE-2025-31991

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Summary