CVE-2026-21755 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

HCL Hive is affected by a missing rate limit which could allow an attacker unauthorized access via brute-force or credential stuffing attacks, or cause a denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCLSoftware

HCL Hive

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0`	affected	—

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0131731

History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		HCL Hive is affected by a missing rate limit which could allow an attacker unauthorized access via brute-force or credential stuffing attacks, or cause a denial of service.
Title		HCL Hive is affected by a missing rate limit
Weaknesses		CWE-307
References		https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0131731
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2026-08-24T14:16:02.900Z

Updated: 2026-08-24T15:07:28.452Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T16:07:55.983Z

Link: CVE-2026-21755

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T15:01:08.829Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-24T15:16:37.693

Modified: 2026-08-24T15:16:37.693

Link: CVE-2026-21755

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-307

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