CVE-2022-38661 — HCL Workload Automation could allow a local user to overwrite key system files w

HCL Workload Automation could allow a local user to overwrite key system files which would cause the system to crash.

01What is this vulnerability?

HCL Workload Automation could allow a local user to overwrite key system files which would cause the system to crash.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
HCL Software	HCL Workload Automation	< 9.4.0.7, < 9.5.0.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-04T20:47:16.299Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-02T18:34:25.692Z

09References

• support.hcltechsw.com — https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0100939