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CVE-2025-52602 — HCL BigFix Query is affected by a sensitive information disclosure in the WebUI Query application

Medium CVSS 4.2

HCL BigFix Query is affected by a sensitive information disclosure in the WebUI Query application. An HTTP GET endpoint request returns discoverable responses that may disclose: group names, active user names (or IDs). An attacker can use that information to target individuals with phishing or other social-engineering attacks.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.2 (3.1)
Published
2025-11-05
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-359

Affected products

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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