CVE-2021-27784 affects HCL Launch Container images, which ship with non-unique HTTPS certificates and a database encryption key, potentially compromising secure communication and data confidentiality. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the presence of these non-unique cryptographic assets poses a significant security risk. HCL has released a fix providing tools and directions to replace these vulnerable keys and certificates.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0.0.0, <= 7.0.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_launch_container_image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0.0, < 7.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_launch_container_image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.2.0.0, <= 7.2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_launch_container_image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_launch_container_image:7.1.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_launch_container_image:7.1.0.1:ifix01:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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