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HCL DFXAnalytics EUVDEUVD-2025-209665

| CVE-2025-59853 MEDIUM
Error Message Information Leak (CWE-209)
2026-05-06 HCL GHSA-w3wc-c543-6jj6
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain DFXAnalytics user credentials
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to application
  3. Exploit
    Trigger application error condition
  4. Execution
    Receive HTTP response with stack trace
  5. Impact
    Analyze stack trace for internal structure insights

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Error message sanitization
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the following specific conditions: the attacker must possess valid authentication credentials with at least low privilege level to access the HCL DFXAnalytics application; the attacker must trigger an application error condition within DFXAnalytics that causes the application to generate a detailed stack trace in an HTTP response; and the error handling implementation must fail to sanitize or suppress the stack trace information before returning the response to the authenticated user. The vulnerability is limited by the requirement for low-privilege authentication (not unauthenticated remote access), the need to trigger a specific error condition (not a default state), and the high attack complexity indicated by the CVSS AC:H component, which suggests error conditions are not trivially or reliably reproducible. These factors prevent exploitation against default configurations and limit the practical attack surface to scenarios where an attacker has legitimate authenticated access and knowledge of how to induce application failures.

Impact

This vulnerability presents low real-world risk despite its network-accessible nature, supported by converging signals from multiple frameworks. The CVSS 3.1 score reflects the limited impact: the attack vector is network-based (AV:N), but attack complexity is high (AC:H), requiring privileged authentication (PR:L), and affecting only confidentiality (C:L) with no integrity or availability impact (I:N/A:N). The CVSS score classification (3.1 = Low severity) aligns with the information-disclosure-only nature of the vulnerability. Exploitation requires an authenticated attacker with low privileges who encounters a specific error condition complex enough to trigger a full stack trace response, limiting automatable attack surface. The vulnerability does not enable privilege escalation, code execution, or system compromise; its value to an attacker lies primarily in reconnaissance for subsequent attacks. While stack trace information can support threat actors in vulnerability research or targeted exploitation planning, this is a secondary concern compared to direct system compromise. The absence of any public exploit code, active exploitation reports, or CISA KEV listing further indicates this is not a priority threat. Organizations should remediate through patching, but this should not compete with critical or high-severity vulnerabilities for immediate patching resources.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated user with low privileges logging into HCL DFXAnalytics intentionally or inadvertently triggers an application error-such as by submitting malformed input to an API endpoint or querying an unavailable resource. The application responds with an unfiltered HTTP error message containing a detailed Java or application-framework stack trace, revealing internal package names, method calls, third-party library versions, and potentially configuration details. The attacker captures and analyzes this stack trace to map the application's architecture, identify potentially vulnerable code paths or outdated dependencies, and inform a secondary targeted attack. The high attack complexity requirement suggests the error condition is not trivially triggerable and may require specific knowledge of application behavior or deliberate manipulation to force a traceback-generating failure.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – May 06, 2026

HCL DFXAnalytics exposes detailed stack traces in application responses due to improper error handling, allowing authenticated remote attackers with low privileges to gain insights into the application's internal structure, code logic, and environment configurations. The vulnerability requires high attack complexity and produces limited confidentiality impact, resulting in a CVSS score of 3.1. No active exploitation or public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply the security patch released by HCL as documented in support article KB0130569. The primary remediation is to upgrade to a patched version of HCL DFXAnalytics that implements proper error handling to suppress or obfuscate stack traces in HTTP responses. Consult the HCL support portal at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0130569 for the specific fixed version and upgrade instructions. As an interim compensating control pending patch deployment, implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or reverse proxy configured to filter or mask error responses containing stack traces before they reach end users; this reduces information leakage but does not eliminate the underlying application flaw and should not be considered a permanent solution. Alternatively, restrict network access to DFXAnalytics to trusted internal networks only and enforce strong authentication mechanisms to raise the attack complexity threshold further, though this approach accepts some residual risk and does not address the root cause.

Affected VersionsENISA

DFXAnalytics 3.1 and below

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability stems from CWE-209 (Information Exposure Through an Error Message), a class of weaknesses where applications fail to properly sanitize or suppress error messages before returning them to users. In HCL DFXAnalytics, the affected product fails to implement proper error handling mechanisms that would normally strip or obfuscate sensitive stack trace information from HTTP responses. Stack traces typically reveal internal implementation details including code paths, function names, library versions, and sometimes configuration values or environment variables. This information disclosure vulnerability affects the HCL DFXAnalytics product across versions indicated by the CPE wildcard pattern (cpe:2.3:a:hcl:dfxanalytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), suggesting the flaw is present across multiple or all released versions.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Severity Changed
Sep 30, 2026 - 22:23 NVD
LOW MEDIUM
CVSS changed
Sep 30, 2026 - 22:23 NVD
3.1 (LOW) 5.3 (MEDIUM)

DescriptionNVD

HCL DFXAnalytics is affected by an Improper Error Handling vulnerability where the application exposes detailed stack traces in responses, which could allow an attacker to gain insights into the application's internal structure, code logic, and environment configurations.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 92% exploitable
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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