Medium severity · published Feb 12, 2024
CVE-2023-28018
HCL Connections is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation on certain requests
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HCL Connections is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation on certain requests. Using a specially-crafted request an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause denial of service for affected users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Connections · Hcltech
6.5; 7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28018
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28018
Vendor Advisory
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108430
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