HCL BigFix WebUI is affected by a missing-permission-check vulnerability

published 2022-12-20 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-41228

cvss: 6.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits: 0; none known

BigFix WebUI non-master operators are missing controls that prevent them from being able to modify the relevance of fixlets or to deploy fixlets from the BES Support external site.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-16)

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	5.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software BigFix WebUI

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102140
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38655
NVD CVE-2022-38655

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Summary