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CVE-2023-37503: A weak password requirements vulnerability affects HCL Compass

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-521

Description

HCL Compass is vulnerable to insecure password requirements. An attacker could easily guess the password and gain access to user accounts.

Affected products

• HCL Software HCL Compass: from 2.0.0 through 2.0.3; from 2.2.0 before 2.2.3; 2.1.0 — fixed in 2.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HCL Software HCL Compass 2.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0107512
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0107512

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