# CVE-2024-42207: HCL iAutomate is affected by a session fixation vulnerability

> An attacker can hijack a victim's session ID to take over their authenticated account in HCL iAutomate.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r89w-qx4v-xpfv

## What is CVE-2024-42207?

CVE-2024-42207 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HCL Software iAutomate, published on 5 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL iAutomate is affected by a session fixation vulnerability.  An attacker could hijack a victim's session ID from their authenticated session.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42207?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Dryice Iautomate.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42207?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42207 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software iAutomate

- [CVE-2025-31955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31955/): HCL iAutomate is affected by a sensitive data exposure vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2025-31952](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31952/): HCL iAutomate is affected by an insufficient session expiration (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-31953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31953/): HCL iAutomate is affected by hardcoded credentials (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-23347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23347/): Use of a broken cryptographic algorithm affects HCL DRYiCE iAutomate (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2025-31954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31954/): HCL iAutomate is susceptible to a sensitive information disclosure (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42207 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42207 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HCL Software iAutomate, published on 5 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software iAutomate. 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-2024-42207/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42207/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42207
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42207
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42207

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42207/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.