HCL Workload Scheduler is vulnerable to plain text storage of a password

published 2025-12-11 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-02 38 d ago also EUVD-2024-55325

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 10 mo ago (2025-12-11)

Exploit prediction

0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software Workload Scheduler

Classification

Weakness

CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

support.hcl-software.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0127448

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-42197
NVD CVE-2024-42197

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Summary