CVE-2021-27782

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.35% (28th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

HCL BigFix Mobile / Modern Client Management Admin and Config UI passwords can be brute-forced. User should be locked out for multiple invalid attempts.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.4–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@hcl.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.5

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-307USprimary

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HCL BigFix mobileall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hcltech:bigfix:mobile
HCL Software BigFix Mobile≤ 2.0.xenisa_euvdEU
hcltech bigfix mobile= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_mobile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0162HCL BigFix: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2023-01-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in HCL BigFix ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-01-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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