# CVE-2024-42193: HCL BigFix Web Reports is susceptible to a Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) attack

> Attackers can intercept HTTPS traffic due to weak SSL certificate validation, exposing data and enabling unauthorized access to HCL BigFix Web Reports.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h7q3-qpf8-7vp4

## What is CVE-2024-42193?

CVE-2024-42193 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL BigFix Platform, published on 15 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL BigFix Web Reports' service communicates over HTTPS but exhibits a weakness in its handling of SSL certificate validation. This scenario presents a possibility of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and data exposure as, if exploited, this vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42193?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Bigfix Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42193?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42193 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42193 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL BigFix Platform

- [CVE-2026-21765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21765/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-37519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37519/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2023-37520](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37520/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2020-14254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14254/): Weak cryptography in HCL BigFix Inventory (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-42453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42453/): HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insufficient warnings (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42193 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42193 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL BigFix Platform, published on 15 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL BigFix Platform. 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-2024-42193/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42193/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42193
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42193
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42193

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42193/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.