HCL Connections is vulnerable to a broken access control vulnerability

published 2024-11-14 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-39458

cvss: 3.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL Connections is vulnerable to a broken access control vulnerability that may allow an unauthorized user to update data in certain scenarios.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-14)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software Connections

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

support.hcl-software.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0117387
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-42188
NVD CVE-2024-42188

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Summary