CVE-2023-45702 — An HCL UrbanCode Deploy Agent installed as a Windows service in a non-standard l

An HCL UrbanCode Deploy Agent installed as a Windows service in a non-standard location could be subject to a denial of service attack by local accounts..

01What is this vulnerability?

An HCL UrbanCode Deploy Agent installed as a Windows service in a non-standard location could be subject to a denial of service attack by local accounts..

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
HCL Software	HCL Launch	7.2 - 7.2.3.7, 7.3 - 7.3.2.2

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: 2023-12-28T07:29:22.062Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T20:29:32.293Z

09References

• support.hcltechsw.com — https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108646