What is CVE-2022-38655?

CVE-2022-38655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Webui, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-38655?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Webui

CVE-2022-38655

BigFix WebUI non-master operators are missing controls that prevent them from being able to modify the relevance of fixlets or to deploy fixlets from the BES Support external site.

Published 2022-12-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hcl Software Bigfix Webui — versions 20
Hcltech Bigfix Webui — versions 20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

support.hcltechsw.com/csm (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38655?: CVE-2022-38655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Webui, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-38655?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.