What is CVE-2020-14254?

CVE-2020-14254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hcltech Bigfix Platform, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-14254?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hcltech Bigfix Platform

CVE-2020-14254

TLS-RSA cipher suites are not disabled in HCL BigFix Inventory up to v10.0.2. If TLS 2.0 and secure ciphers are not enabled then an attacker can passively record traffic and later decrypt it.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2020-12-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (51.0th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hcltech Bigfix Platform
Hcl Bigfix Inventory — versions v9.x, v10.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

support.hcltechsw.com/csm (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14254?: CVE-2020-14254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hcltech Bigfix Platform, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-14254?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.