CVE-2023-45715 HCL BigFix Platform is susceptible to a Denial of Service attack
Attackers can cause service interruption in HCL BigFix Platform by submitting file names with invalid characters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-45715?
CVE-2023-45715 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix Platform, published on 28 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The console may experience a service interruption when processing file names with invalid characters.
Weakness: CWE-436
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45715?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Bigfix Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2023-45715?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-45715 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45715 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software BigFix Platform
- CVE-2026-21765 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys
- CVE-2023-37519 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-37520 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2020-14254 Weak cryptography in HCL BigFix Inventory
- CVE-2022-42453 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insufficient warnings
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33r2-8g93-5hm2.