# CVE-2024-42178: HCL MyXalytics is affected by a failure to restrict URL access vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can access confidential information in HCL MyXalytics due to missing URL access restrictions.

- **Severity:** Low 2.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mmp3-fv2j-fw7v

## What is CVE-2024-42178?

CVE-2024-42178 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in HCL MyXalytics, published on 17 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL MyXalytics is affected by a failure to restrict URL access vulnerability. Unauthenticated users might gain unauthorized access to potentially confidential information, creating a risk of misuse, manipulation, or unauthorized distribution.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42178?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Dryice Myxalytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42178?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42178 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL MyXalytics

- [CVE-2024-42168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42168/): HCL MyXalytics is affected by out-of-band resource load (HTTP) vulnerability (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2023-45722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45722/): Path Traversal Arbitrary File Read affects DRYiCE MyXalytics (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-50343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50343/): Improper Access Control (Controller APIs) affects DRYiCE MyXalytics (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2023-45724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45724/): Unauthenticated File Upload affects DRYiCE MyXalytics (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-50350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50350/): A broken cryptographic algorithm impacts MyXalytics (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42178 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42178 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in HCL MyXalytics, published on 17 Apr 2025. 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-2024-42178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL MyXalytics. 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-2024-42178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42178/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42178
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42178
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42178

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42178/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.