[BESAdmin-Announcements] Release Notes for Plugin and Cacher Release - July 2026

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix Patch Download Plugin and Cacher components have been updated to
resolve the security vulnerabilities identified within the urllib3 and libexpat
Python packages.

Updated Tools Version:

Name

Version

AIX Download Plugin

5.0.5.0

AIX Download Cacher

8.0.0.6

AIX R2 Download Plugin

1.0.1.6

RHSM Download Plugin and Cacher

1.0.13.0

OEL Download Plugin and Cacher

1.0.3.0

Rocky Download Plugin and Cacher

1.0.3.0

Solaris Download Plugin

3.0.4.0

Solaris Download Cacher

7.0.0.4

SCC Download Plugin and Cacher

1.1.8.0

CentOS R2 Download Plugin and Cacher

1.0.3.0

OpenSUSE Download Plugin and Cacher

1.0.3.0

Middleware Download Plugin

1.0.0.4

Reasons for update:
Security vulnerabilities have been resolved in the newer version of the
plugins. Additionally, the Solaris Download Cacher has been enhanced to
handle Oracle MFA.

Actions to take:

   -

   Gathering of the Patching Support site version 1329 or later will have
   the new content available.
   -

   From the “Manage Download Plug-ins” dashboard select each Plug-in with
   the following state of “New Version Available” and click on the “Upgrade”
   button. Then you must use the “Configure” button to reapply any required
   proxy and/or 3rd party vendor credentials. If you do not require a proxy
   configuration, simply leave the requested entries blank with no values and
   proceed with the configuration process.

Note: Security Bulletins with the details of the resolved vulnerabilities
are published here:
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132187


Published site version:
Patching Support, version 1329

Application Engineering Team
BigFix
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