What is CVE-2021-27756?

CVE-2021-27756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hcltech Bigfix_compliance, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-27756?

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

Vulnerability in Hcltech Bigfix_compliance

CVE-2021-27756

"TLS-RSA cipher suites are not disabled in BigFix Compliance up to v2.0.5. 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)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Hcltech Bigfix_compliance
N/a "Bigfix Compliance Server" — versions "BigFix Compliance Server 2.0 - 2.0.5"

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

psirt@hcl.com (x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27756?: CVE-2021-27756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hcltech Bigfix_compliance, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-27756?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.