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CVE-2026-21806: CWE-557 Concurrency Issues in HCL Software HCL BigFix Service Management

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-21806cvecve-2026-21806cwe-557
Published: 09/18/2026 (09/18/2026, 11:12:24 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: HCL Software
Product: HCL BigFix Service Management

Description

HCL BigFix Service Management has a concurrency vulnerability allowing multiple simultaneous authenticated sessions for the same administrative account. This flaw could enable an attacker to predict or hijack valid session identifiers, potentially compromising administrative sessions and executing privileged actions. The CVSS score is low, indicating limited impact. No affected versions or patch information are provided.

CVSS v3.1

Score 3.1low

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected software

HCL Software

HCL BigFix Service Management

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 09/18/2026, 19:47:23 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-21806 describes an Administrative Session Concurrency vulnerability in HCL BigFix Service Management. The application permits multiple concurrent authenticated sessions for the same administrative account, which may allow an attacker to predict or hijack session identifiers. Exploitation could lead to compromise of administrative sessions and execution of actions with full privileged user permissions. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 3.1, reflecting low severity with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and limited confidentiality impact.

Potential Impact

An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could hijack or predict valid administrative session identifiers, leading to compromise of administrative sessions. This would allow execution of privileged actions within the affected system. However, the CVSS score and description indicate the impact on confidentiality is limited and no integrity or availability impacts are noted.

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 fix is available, organizations should monitor vendor communications for updates and consider limiting administrative session concurrency if possible.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
HCL
Date Reserved
2026-01-05T16:08:06.682Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6aad91cd55bf5e2cf571919a

Added to database: 09/18/2026, 19:32:29 UTC

Last enriched: 09/18/2026, 19:47:23 UTC

Last updated: 09/18/2026, 19:47:23 UTC

Views: 6

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