CVE-2022-38659 (GCVE-0-2022-38659)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-17 18:44
Modified
2025-04-17 15:08
Severity ?
6.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
In specific scenarios, on Windows the operator credentials may be encrypted in a manner that is not completely machine-dependent.
References
psirt@hcl.comhttps://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102049Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102049Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HCL Software BigFix Platform Version: 9.5 - 9.5.20, 10 - 10.0.7
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