Security patch: HCL BigFix SaaS Remediate can crash

Eight security vulnerabilities threaten the cloud-based patch management platform HCL BigFix SaaS Remediate. Attackers can cause the application to crash, among other things.

Admins use the patch management platform to keep managed endpoints up to date, among other things.

Various threats

Awarning message indicates that a vulnerability (CVE-2025-7783) is considered "critical". Under certain conditions, attackers can manipulate requests to internal systems. It is not clear from the description of the vulnerability what specific effects this can have.

For another vulnerability (CVE-2025-7338), the threat level is "high".) At this point, attackers can cause DoS states via prepared upload requests. This usually leads to crashes of software services, for example.

The remaining vulnerabilities have a threat level of "medium". At these points, attackers can access system data that is actually protected after successful attacks.

Security updates are available for download

So far, there are no reports of ongoing attacks. It is also unclear at this stage how attackers can recognize attacks that have already taken place. To prevent the attacks described, HCL has released various front-end application and back-end services versions listed in the warning message.

Admins should not delay patching for too long. After all, successful attacks on companies that manage their endpoints via HCL BigFix can have far-reaching consequences.

At the end of July this year, the HCL developers closed gaps in their endpoint management platform HCL BigFix.

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