HCL Workload Scheduler prior 10.2.3 credentials storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HCL Workload Scheduler prior 10.2.3 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to credentials storage. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-42197. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HCL Workload Scheduler prior 10.2.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-256. Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is available at support.hcl-software.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-42197 since 07/29/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (HCL): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials storage
CWE: CWE-256 / CWE-255
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

07/29/2024 CVE reserved
12/11/2025 +500 days VulDB entry created
12/12/2025 +0 days Advisory disclosed
12/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: KB0127448
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-42197 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-42197
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-336074

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2025 00:37
Changes: 12/12/2025 00:37 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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