HCL BigFix Web Reports might be subject to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack

published 2025-04-15 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-54501

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL BigFix Web Reports might be subject to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, due to a potentially weak validation of an API parameter.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hcltech bigfix_platform 10.0.13, 11.0.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-15)

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	5.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

HCL Software HCL BigFix Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1287 Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input

References

support.hcl-software.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0120585
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-42189
NVD CVE-2024-42189

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Summary