FKIE_CVE-2026-21765

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-02 00:16 - Updated: 2026-04-16 16:07
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
psirt@hcl.comhttps://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0129906Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
hcltech bigfix_platform *
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-16T16:07:39.550",
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