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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-42189

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

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

Check this week

CVE-2024-42189 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 30.00% 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
Medium5.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
30.00%
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 might be subject to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, due to a potentially weak validation of an API parameter.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • 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-2024-42189

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-42189 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 30.00% 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 30.00%. 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 might be subject to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, due to a potentially weak validation of an API parameter.

  2. Apr 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-42189

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54501

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

    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.