What is CVE-2022-42451?

CVE-2022-42451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Patch Management, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-42451?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Patch Management

CVE-2022-42451

Certain credentials within the BigFix Patch Management Download Plug-ins are stored insecurely and could be exposed to a local privileged user.

Published 2023-10-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (3.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hcl Software Bigfix Patch Management — versions site version 1054 and below
Hcltech Bigfix Patch Management

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

support.hcltechsw.com/csm (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42451?: CVE-2022-42451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Patch Management, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-42451?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.