HCL Launch is vulnerable to information disclosure which can be read by a local user.

published 2022-07-06 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-32049

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL Launch stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user.

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software HCL Launch

Classification

Weakness

CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0099253
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-27548
NVD CVE-2022-27548

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Summary