# CVE-2020-14254: Weak cryptography in HCL BigFix Inventory

> Attackers can decrypt recorded traffic if TLS-RSA ciphers are enabled and secure ciphers are not configured in HCL BigFix Inventory.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wfwq-hhcq-h62r

## What is CVE-2020-14254?

CVE-2020-14254 is a high-severity vulnerability in HCL BigFix Inventory, published on 16 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14254?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Bigfix Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14254?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14254 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-14254 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14254 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL BigFix Inventory

- [CVE-2026-21765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21765/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-37519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37519/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2023-37520](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37520/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2022-42453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42453/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insufficient warnings (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-23583](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23583/): HCL BigFix Platform is susceptible to insufficiently protected credentials (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14254 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14254 is a high-severity vulnerability in HCL BigFix Inventory, published on 16 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14254 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL BigFix Inventory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14254/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14254/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14254
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14254
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14254

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14254/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.