Improper authentication in the API authentication middleware of HCL DevOps Loop allows authentication tokens to be accepted without proper validation of their expiration and cryptographic signature. As a result, an attacker could potentially use expired or tampered tokens to gain unauthorized access to sensitive resources and perform actions with elevated privileges.
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Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000

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Description Improper authentication in the API authentication middleware of HCL DevOps Loop allows authentication tokens to be accepted without proper validation of their expiration and cryptographic signature. As a result, an attacker could potentially use expired or tampered tokens to gain unauthorized access to sensitive resources and perform actions with elevated privileges.
Title HCL DevOps Loop is susceptible to an improper authentication vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-347
CWE-613
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-05T22:44:17.256Z

Reserved: 2025-08-12T07:00:17.743Z

Link: CVE-2025-55278

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-05T23:16:05.147

Modified: 2025-11-05T23:16:05.147

Link: CVE-2025-55278

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