HCL iAutomate is affected by hardcoded credentials

published 2025-07-24 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-22545

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL iAutomate includes hardcoded credentials which may result in potential exposure of confidential data if intercepted or accessed by unauthorized parties.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 15 mo ago (2025-07-24)

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software iAutomate

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

support.hcl-software.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0122646
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-31953
NVD CVE-2025-31953

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Summary