# CVE-2024-42197: HCL Workload Scheduler is vulnerable to plain text storage of a password

> Local attackers can read user credentials stored in plain text by HCL Workload Scheduler, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrc3-hwpp-5wxw

## What is CVE-2024-42197?

CVE-2024-42197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software Workload Scheduler, published on 11 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.

Weakness: CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42197?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-42197?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42197 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42197 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42197 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software Workload Scheduler, published on 11 Dec 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-2024-42197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software Workload Scheduler. 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-2024-42197/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42197/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42197
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42197
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42197

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42197/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.