CVE-2024-23583: HCL BigFix Platform is susceptible to insufficiently protected credentials

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

An attacker could potentially intercept credentials via the task manager and perform unauthorized access to the Client Deploy Tool on Windows systems.

Affected products

HCL Software BigFix Platform: from 9.5 before 9.5.25; from 10 before 10.0.12; 11.0.1 — fixed in 10.0.12, 9.5.25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HCL Software BigFix Platform 10.0.12, 9.5.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0113140
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0113140

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