CVE-2025-68833 HCL Hive is affected by use of a cryptographic primitive with a risky implementation

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass access controls due to weak cryptographic implementation in HCL Hive Keycloak IAM, gaining unauthorized access to resources.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-68833?

CVE-2025-68833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCLSoftware HCL Hive, published on 24 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

HCL Hive Keycloak IAM Instance is affected by insufficient granularity of access control which could allow an attacker unauthorized access to resources.

Weakness: CWE-1240

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68833?

How do I fix CVE-2025-68833?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-68833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x278-8xqr-3rx2.

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