# CVE-2020-4095: Information disclosure in "HCL BigFix Platform"

> Attackers with admin privileges can extract clear-text credentials from memory, enabling further environment compromise; least privilege principles are recommended.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r659-cjpw-fq42

## What is CVE-2020-4095?

CVE-2020-4095 is a medium-severity vulnerability in "HCL BigFix Platform", published on 16 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

"BigFix Platform is storing clear text credentials within the system's memory. An attacker who is able to gain administrative privileges can use a program to create a memory dump and extract the credentials. These credentials can be used to pivot further into the environment. The principle of least privilege should be applied to all BigFix deployments, limiting administrative access."

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4095?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Bigfix Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-4095?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4095 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-4095 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4095 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in "HCL BigFix Platform"

- [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-2020-14254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14254/): Weak cryptography in HCL BigFix Inventory (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-42453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42453/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insufficient warnings (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4095 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-4095 is a medium-severity vulnerability in "HCL BigFix Platform", published on 16 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4095 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: "HCL BigFix Platform". 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-2020-4095/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4095/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4095
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4095
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4095

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4095/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.