HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys

published 2026-04-01 7 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-18095

cvss: 8.8; 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 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys. The private cryptographic keys located on a Windows host machine might be subject to overly permissive file system permissions.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 7 mo ago (2026-04-02)

Exploit prediction

0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

HCLSoftware BigFix Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

support.hcl-software.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0129906
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-21765
NVD CVE-2026-21765

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Summary