CVE-2024-23556 HCL BigFix Platform is impacted by a failure to restrict SSL/TLS renegotiation
Attackers can cause denial of service on HCL BigFix Platform by exploiting unrestricted SSL/TLS renegotiation functionality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-23556?
CVE-2024-23556 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix Platform, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SSL/TLS Renegotiation functionality potentially leading to DoS attack vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23556?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Bigfix Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23556?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23556 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-2024-23556 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23556 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-64vh-gcrh-6whf.