CVE-2026-21765 (GCVE-0-2026-21765)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-01 23:36 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:21
VLAI?
Title
HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect default permissions
Assigner
HCL
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HCLSoftware BigFix Platform Affected: 11.0.0 - 11.0.5
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Date Public ?
2026-04-01 23:35
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