CVE-2022-27560 An insufficiently protected credential vulnerability affects HCL VersionVault Express
Medium 6.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27560 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-27560 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL VersionVault Express, published on 30 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27560 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: HCL VersionVault Express. 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-2022-27560/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27560/index.md)
HCL VersionVault Express exposes administrator credentials, allowing attackers to gain privileged access to the version control system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-27560?
CVE-2022-27560 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL VersionVault Express, published on 30 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HCL VersionVault Express exposes administrator credentials.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27560?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Versionvault Express.
How do I fix CVE-2022-27560?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27560 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-27560 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27560 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL VersionVault Express
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4h2r-5vfh-9q54.