CVE-2023-23348 HCL Launch is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure
Medium 5.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23348 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-23348 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Launch, published on 10 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23348 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: HCL Launch. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23348/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23348/index.md)
Attackers can read sensitive information if the configuration file is manually edited, affecting HCL Launch deployments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-23348?
CVE-2023-23348 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Launch, published on 10 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HCL Launch could disclose sensitive information if a manual edit of a configuration file has been performed.
Weakness: CWE-922
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23348?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltechsw Hcl Launch.
How do I fix CVE-2023-23348?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23348 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-23348 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23348 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL Launch
- CVE-2024-42196 HCL Launch is susceptible to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability
- CVE-2023-45702 HCL Launch Agent as a Windows service is vulnerable to a Denial of Service
- CVE-2023-45703 HCL Launch is susceptible to a Denial of Service vulnerability
- CVE-2022-27551 HCL Launch could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information (CVE-2022-27551)
- CVE-2022-42445 HCL Launch is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected LDAP Search Credentials (CVE-2022-42445)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f6cm-fmx2-2v57.