CVE-2024-42197
HCL Workload Scheduler is vulnerable to plain text storage of a password
HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
HCL Workload Scheduler is vulnerable to plain text storage of a password
HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
CVE-2024-42197- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-55325
HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
EUVD-2024-55325- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mrc3-hwpp-5wxw
HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
GHSA-mrc3-hwpp-5wxw- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
HCL Workload Scheduler stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
- Record
CVE-2024-42197- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-42197 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Hcl Software Workload Scheduler, published December 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.11%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.