Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-42169

Access Control in Hcltech Dryice Myxalytics 6.3

Published
11 January 2025
Modified
16 May 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0027 19th percentile
Risk Priority 54 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-42169 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Hcltech Dryice Myxalytics. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 19th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-42169 is an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability in HCL MyXalytics, stemming from missing access control checks that fail to verify whether a user is authorized to access specific data. Mapped to CWE-639, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N), indicating high severity due to its potential for unauthorized data manipulation.

The vulnerability can be exploited by low-privileged authenticated users (PR:L) over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high integrity impact (I:H), such as unauthorized modification of data, alongside low confidentiality impact (C:L) through unauthorized access to sensitive information, without affecting availability.

HCL's advisory at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0118149 details mitigation steps and patches for addressing the issue in HCL MyXalytics.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

HCL MyXalytics is affected by insecure direct object references. It occurs due to missing access control checks, which fail to verify whether a user should be allowed to access specific data.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

hcltech
dryice myxalytics
6.3

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Enforcing approved authorizations on every access request structurally stops a user-controlled key from reaching another user's data.

Requiring explicit access-control decisions on each request blocks unauthorized key-driven access.

Least-privilege restrictions limit the scope of data reachable even if a key check is bypassed.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policy and least privilege directly blocks user-controlled key tampering that bypasses access checks.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Logical access controls prevent unauthorized data access that results from missing authorization checks on object references.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect missing authorization checks but does not prevent the weakness in production.

prevents

Information access restriction explicitly enforces that users may only retrieve data they are authorized to see, directly addressing user-controlled key bypass.

prevents

Access control policy directly requires enforcement of authorization rules that prevent unauthorized access via manipulated keys.

prevents

Managing access rights includes ensuring users can only access their own records and not bypass authorization by altering identifiers.

mitigates

Privileged access rights control restricts what data each user may access, mitigating direct object reference attacks.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes authorization design but does not itself implement runtime access checks.

References