# CVE-2023-45703: HCL Launch is susceptible to a Denial of Service vulnerability

> An attacker can cause a denial of service in HCL Launch by uploading a specially crafted archive file that exhausts resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fvmc-732h-2ffj

## What is CVE-2023-45703?

CVE-2023-45703 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in HCL Launch, published on 20 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL Launch may mishandle input validation of an uploaded archive file leading to a denial of service due to resource exhaustion.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45703?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltechsw Hcl Launch.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45703?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45703 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45703 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Launch

- [CVE-2024-42196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42196/): HCL Launch is susceptible to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2023-45702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45702/): HCL Launch Agent as a Windows service is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2022-27551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27551/): HCL Launch could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information (CVE-2022-27551) (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-23348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23348/): HCL Launch is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2022-42445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42445/): HCL Launch is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected LDAP Search Credentials (CVE-2022-42445) (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-45703 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45703 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in HCL Launch, published on 20 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45703 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-2023-45703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45703/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45703
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45703
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45703

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45703/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.