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CVE-2024-23540: HCL BigFix Inventory is vulnerable to path traversal

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The HCL BigFix Inventory server is vulnerable to path traversal which enables an attacker to read internal application files from the Inventory server. The BigFix Inventory server does not properly restrict the served static file.

Affected products

• HCL Software BigFix Inventory: from 9 before 10.0.16.0 — fixed in 10.0.16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HCL Software BigFix Inventory 10.0.16.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0112015
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0112015

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