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GHSA-3GPW-5R2F-CH38

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-13 18:30 – Updated: 2026-04-13 18:30

Details

Rate Limiting for attempting a user login is not being properly enforced, making HCL DevOps Velocity susceptible to brute-force attacks past the unsuccessful login attempt limit. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.1.7.

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2025-31991 (GCVE-0-2025-31991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-13 15:56 – Updated: 2026-04-13 17:11

Title

HCL DevOps Velocity is susceptible to brute-force attacks

Summary

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-307 - Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts

Assigner

HCL

References

URL

Tags

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

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	HCLSoftware	Velocity	Affected: <.5.1.7

Date Public ?

2026-04-13 15:55

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3GPW-5R2F-CH38

CVE-2025-31991 (GCVE-0-2025-31991)

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