CVE-2025-55269
Hcltech Aftermarket Cloud 1.0.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:LSummary
CVE-2025-55269 is a medium-severity Weak Password Requirements (CWE-521) vulnerability in Hcltech Aftermarket Cloud. Its CVSS base score is 4.2 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Brute Force (T1110); ranked at the 15th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-55269 is a Weak Password Policy vulnerability (CWE-521) affecting HCL Aftermarket DPC software. Published on 2026-03-26 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.2 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L), it enables attackers to more easily guess weak passwords or perform brute-force attacks, leading to unauthorized access to user accounts.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network by unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) requiring high attack complexity (AC:H) and user interaction (UI:R), such as tricking a user into actions that facilitate password guessing or brute-force attempts. Successful exploitation results in low-impact outcomes, including limited disclosure of confidential information (C:L) and low disruption to availability (A:L), with no integrity impact (I:N) and unchanged scope (S:U).
HCL Software has published mitigation guidance in its support knowledge base article at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0129793, which security practitioners should consult for specific remediation steps, such as enforcing stronger password policies.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-209061
Vulnerability Data
HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by Weak Password Policy vulnerability, which makes it easier for attackers to guess weak passwords or use brute-force techniques to gain unauthorized access to user accounts.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 2 hardening rules · 1 OS baseline
V6.2.4V6.2.9V6.2.12V6.4.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
IA-5 directly requires organizations to enforce strength, complexity, and change rules for passwords and other authenticators at issuance and reset.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Explicitly requires enforcing minimum password strength as part of authentication.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Enforcing minimum length, complexity, non-dictionary, and non-reuse rules directly counters weak password policies that allow attackers to guess or brute-force credentials.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
RHEL 7 (2 rules)
- V-204424 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords. prevents CWE-521
- V-204425 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not allow authentication using an empty password. prevents CWE-521