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CVE-2022-42451

HCL BigFix Patch Management is vulnerable to insecurely stored credentials

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 11, 2023 at 05:01 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBigfix Patch Management

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Certain credentials within the BigFix Patch Management Download Plug-ins are stored insecurely and could be exposed to a local privileged user.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Bigfix Patch Management· Hcltech
95%
v ≤ 1054
Affected range stops below 1055, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108007

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522

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