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CVE-2025-31991
HCL DevOps Velocity is susceptible to brute-force attacks
Published 6 mo ago · modified 31 d ago · JSON
CVSS
6.8
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 14%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Rate Limiting for attempting a user login is not being properly enforced, making HCL DevOps Velocity susceptible to brute-force attacks past the unsuccessful login attempt limit. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.1.7.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 6 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- HCLSoftware Velocity
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
References
- support.hcl-software.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0130138
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2025-31991
- NVD: CVE-2025-31991
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