CVE-2025-68833: CWE-1240 Use of a cryptographic primitive with a risky implementation in HCLSoftware HCL Hive
Description
CVE-2025-68833 affects HCL Hive version 1.0 and involves insufficient granularity of access control in the HCL Hive Keycloak IAM instance. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to certain resources. The CVSS score is 5.3, indicating a medium severity level. There is no indication of active exploitation in the wild, and no patch or official remediation has been provided yet.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
HCLSoftware
HCL Hive
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-68833 is a vulnerability in HCL Hive version 1.0 where the Keycloak IAM instance suffers from insufficient granularity of access control. This weakness could permit unauthorized access to resources by attackers. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-1240, which relates to the use of a cryptographic primitive with a risky implementation. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required, resulting in limited confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to resources within the HCL Hive Keycloak IAM instance. The impact is limited to confidentiality loss with no integrity or availability impact reported. There is no evidence of exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch information is provided. Until a patch is available, organizations should monitor vendor communications for updates and consider restricting access to the affected instance where possible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- HCL
- Date Reserved
- 2025-12-24T13:23:45.322Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a8c504bacd9273b49a22808
Added to database: 08/24/2026, 14:08:11 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 21:32:58 UTC
Last updated: 10/07/2026, 18:48:16 UTC
Views: 65
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