CVE-2026-56592

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by an Improper Authentication validation vulnerability related to inadequate account lockouts, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute sustained brute-force attacks against the login interface, resulting in unauthorized system access.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
17%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 18, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities affect HCL BigFix Service Management - Customer Support

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0133917

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56592(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 16:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 16:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-18 12:21 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-18 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 11:29 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-18 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-18 09:18 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-18 08:34 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-18 08:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56592?
CVE-2026-56592 is a medium vulnerability published on September 18, 2026. HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by an Improper Authentication validation vulnerability related to inadequate account lockouts, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute sustained brute-force attacks against the login interface, resulting in unauthorized system access.
When was CVE-2026-56592 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56592 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56592 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56592 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 82.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56592?
CVE-2026-56592 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56592?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56592, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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