CVE-2026-21765 PUBLISHED

HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys

Assigner: HCL
Reserved: 05.01.2026 Published: 01.04.2026 Updated: 01.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	HCLSoftware
Product	BigFix Platform
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 11.0.0 - 11.0.5 is affected

References

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

Problem Types

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource CWE
CWE-276 Incorrect default permissions CWE