CVE-2024-23540

Published: Apr 3, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: psirt@hcl.com (Secondary)

Description

The HCL BigFix Inventory server is vulnerable to path traversal which enables an attacker to read internal application files from the Inventory server. The BigFix Inventory server does not properly restrict the served static file.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0112015

Source: psirt@hcl.com

https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0112015

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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