CVE-2025-55278 HIGH

CVE-2025-55278: HCL DevOps Loop is susceptible to an improper authentication vulnerability

Vendor Hcl Software
Product DevOps Loop
Weakness CWE-613 · Insufficient session expiration
Published November 5, 2025
Last update November 6, 2025

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 5, 2025 CVE published
November 6, 2025 Record updated