CVE-2026-21765

April 3, 2026, 4:10 p.m.

8.8
High

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Hcl
  • Hcl Bigfix
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-276
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a hcl hcl_bigfix / / / / / / / /

References

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0129906

Tags

CWE-276
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2026-04-02
CVE-2026-21765

CVSS Score

8.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: April 2, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Last Modified: April 3, 2026, 4:10 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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