Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2024-42193

HCL BigFix Web Reports' service communicates over HTTPS but exhibits a weakness in its handling of SSL certificate validation.

Published Apr 15, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 15, 2025 · HCL Software HCL BigFix Platform

Check this week

CVE-2024-42193 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 28.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run HCL Software HCL BigFix Platform.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low2.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
28.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor HCL Software HCL BigFix Platform 10.0 - 10.0.12; 11.0.0 - 11.0.3

HCL BigFix Web Reports' service communicates over HTTPS but exhibits a weakness in its handling of SSL certificate validation. This scenario presents a possibility of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and data exposure as, if exploited, this vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor HCL Software HCL BigFix Platform 10.0 - 10.0.12; 11.0.0 - 11.0.310.0 - 10.0.12; 11.0.0 - 11.0.3

How to fix CVE-2024-42193

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-42193 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 28.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run HCL Software HCL BigFix Platform.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with HCL Software HCL BigFix Platform 10.0 - 10.0.12; 11.0.0 - 11.0.3 10.0 - 10.0.12; 11.0.0 - 11.0.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 28.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    HCL BigFix Web Reports' service communicates over HTTPS but exhibits a weakness in its handling of SSL certificate validation. This scenario presents a possibility of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and data exposure as, if exploited, this vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access.

  2. Apr 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    HCL BigFix Web Reports' service communicates over HTTPS but exhibits a weakness in its handling of SSL certificate validation. This scenario presents a possibility of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and data exposure as, if exploited, this vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-42193

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-11092

    HCL BigFix Web Reports' service communicates over HTTPS but exhibits a weakness in its handling of SSL certificate validation. This scenario presents a possibility of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and data exposure as, if exploited, this vulnerability could potentially lead to

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.