What is CVE-2024-42193?

CVE-2024-42193 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Platform, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-42193?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Platform

CVE-2024-42193

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, thi…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.002 (12.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

psirt@hcl.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42193?: CVE-2024-42193 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Bigfix Platform, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-42193?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.