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FKIE_CVE-2023-37525

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-28 20:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:08

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

A sensitive information disclosure in HCL BigFix Compliance allows a remote attacker to access files under the WEB-INF directory, which may contain Java class files and configuration information, leading to unauthorized access to application internals.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@hcl.com	https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0128385	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	hcltech	bigfix_compliance	2.0.9

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CVE-2023-37525 (GCVE-0-2023-37525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-28 19:58 – Updated: 2026-01-29 18:11

Title

HCL BigFix Compliance is vulnerable to a sensitive information disclosure

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-29 16:04 UTC

CWE

CWE-497 - Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Assigner

HCL mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_articl…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
HCLSoftware	BigFix Compliance	Affected: 2.0.9

Date Public

2026-01-28 19:58

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Sightings

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