CVE-2024-23565 Denial of service in Aftermarket EPC
Attackers can flood emails via the forgot password feature due to missing rate limits, causing denial of service.
- 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-2024-23565?
CVE-2024-23565 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in HCLSoftware Aftermarket EPC, published on 17 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HCL Aftermarket EPC is vulnerable to email flooding as the application does not have a proper mail limitation mechanism at Forget Password functionality. The actor could b e a human or an automated process such as a virus or bot. This could be used to cause a denial of service, compromise program logic or other consequences.
Weakness: CWE-799
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23565?
How do I fix CVE-2024-23565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23565 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-2024-23565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j7fc-22wg-4jh8.