# CVE-2024-42196: HCL Launch is susceptible to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability

> Local attackers can read sensitive information from HCL Launch HTTP request logs, potentially exposing confidential data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4fh9-x6rv-736m

## What is CVE-2024-42196?

CVE-2024-42196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software Launch, published on 6 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL Launch stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user with access to HTTP request logs.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42196?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltechsw Hcl Launch.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42196?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software Launch

- [CVE-2023-45702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45702/): HCL Launch Agent as a Windows service is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2023-45703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45703/): HCL Launch is susceptible to a Denial of Service vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-27551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27551/): HCL Launch could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information (CVE-2022-27551) (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-23348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23348/): HCL Launch is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2022-42445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42445/): HCL Launch is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected LDAP Search Credentials (CVE-2022-42445) (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42196 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software Launch, published on 6 Dec 2024. 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-2024-42196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software Launch. 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-2024-42196/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42196/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42196
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42196
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42196

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42196/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.