What is CVE-2024-42189?

CVE-2024-42189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Platform, classified under CWE-1287. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-42189?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Platform

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hcl Software Bigfix Platform — versions 10.0 - 10.0.12; 11.0.0 - 11.0.3
Hcltech Bigfix_platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1287

References

psirt@hcl.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42189?: CVE-2024-42189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Platform, classified under CWE-1287. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-42189?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.