CVE-2022-38655

HCL BigFix WebUI is affected by a missing-permission-check vulnerability

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Published Dec 20, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

BigFix WebUI non-master operators are missing controls that prevent them from being able to modify the relevance of fixlets or to deploy fixlets from the BES Support external site.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCL Software

BigFix WebUI

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`20`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_webui:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41228	BigFix WebUI non-master operators are missing controls that prevent them from being able to modify the relevance of fixlets or to deploy fixlets from the BES Support external site.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.409% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102140

History

Apr 16, 2025 3:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hcltech Bigfix Webui

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 16, 2025, 2:57 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HCL
Published: Dec 20, 2022, 4:51 AM
Updated: Apr 16, 2025, 2:57 PM
Reserved: Aug 22, 2022, 4:31 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 21, 2022, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

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