HCL Launch is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected LDAP Search Credentials (CVE-2022-42445)

published 2022-11-28 3y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-45518

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL Launch could allow a user with administrative privileges, including "Manage Security" permissions, the ability to recover a credential previously saved for performing authenticated LDAP searches.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-04-25)

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software HCL Launch

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0101208
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-42445
NVD CVE-2022-42445

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