Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessSend crafted malformed API request
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DeliveryTrigger server-side error condition
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ExploitReceive verbose error response body
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ExecutionExtract internal endpoint names and parameter schema
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PersistHarvest authentication status indicators
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ImpactUse metadata to plan targeted follow-on attack
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 | The CVSS vector AC:H indicates that exploitation is not trivially achievable against default request patterns - specific request crafting is required to induce error states that return verbose messages. The vulnerability is exploitable over the network without authentication (PR:N) and without user interaction (UI:N), meaning any network-reachable instance of HCL iControl 4.3.0 or 4.4.0 is technically within scope. Exploitation is strictly bounded to those two versions; other versions are not confirmed vulnerable. The limiting factors are: (1) AC:H means the attacker must know or discover which request patterns trigger revealing error responses rather than silent failures; (2) impact is confined to information disclosure - there is no mechanism within this CVE for code execution, data modification, or denial of service; (3) deployments protected behind VPN or firewall rules restricting access to trusted clients significantly reduce attacker reach. |
| Impact | The vendor-assigned CVSS score of 3.7 (Low) with vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N accurately reflects the narrow real-world impact. The AC:H metric is significant: exploitation is not trivially repeatable against default interactions but requires crafting requests that deliberately induce server-side error states. Impact is strictly limited to partial confidentiality loss (C:L) - no integrity or availability degradation is possible through this vulnerability alone. No EPSS score was provided in the available data, precluding probability-of-exploitation comparison. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV and no POC has been identified at time of analysis. In practice, this is a reconnaissance-enabling finding rather than a direct-compromise vulnerability: the exposed authentication status and endpoint metadata reduce attacker effort in mapping the application surface for subsequent attack chains. Priority should be low for most environments unless HCL iControl is exposed to untrusted networks or handles highly sensitive data where internal API structure disclosure carries elevated risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated remote attacker sends intentionally malformed or boundary-condition API requests to HCL iControl 4.3.0 or 4.4.0 to deliberately induce server-side error conditions. The application returns raw error responses disclosing internal endpoint paths, parameter schemas, error codes, and whether the invoking session is authenticated. The attacker aggregates this metadata across multiple crafted requests to construct an accurate map of the application's internal API surface, reducing reconnaissance effort for subsequent targeted exploitation attempts. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 31, 2026
Verbose API error responses in HCL iControl 4.3.0 and 4.4.0 leak internal endpoint names, request parameters, error codes, and authentication status directly to unauthenticated network clients. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N) confirms network-accessible, unauthenticated exposure but with high attack complexity - specific error-triggering conditions must be crafted. No public exploit exists and this is not in CISA KEV; however, the disclosed metadata constitutes meaningful reconnaissance leverage that can lower the cost of subsequent targeted attacks against the platform.
RemediationAI
Consult the HCL vendor advisory at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132395 for the patched release - the exact fixed version number is not specified in the available intelligence data and must be confirmed directly with HCL. As a compensating control where immediate patching is not feasible, deploy an API gateway or reverse proxy configured to intercept and replace verbose error responses with generic HTTP status messages (e.g., 500 Internal Server Error without body detail) before they reach external clients; note that this approach may suppress error details useful for client-side debugging and requires separate internal logging to preserve operational visibility. Additionally, restrict network-level access to HCL iControl API endpoints to trusted internal networks or VPN segments, reducing the attacker population that can trigger and observe error responses - this does not eliminate the flaw but substantially reduces exposure.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
HCL iControl is an enterprise management platform from HCL Software. Versions 4.3.0 and 4.4.0 (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:hcl_software:hcl_icontrol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) are confirmed affected. The root cause is CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information - where the application's error-handling routines propagate raw server-side exception data directly into HTTP responses without sanitization or abstraction. This exposes internal implementation details including API endpoint paths, parameter names, internal error codes, and authentication state indicators. Such data is ordinarily invisible to clients and is expected to be replaced with generic HTTP error messages. The flaw sits at the client-server API boundary, suggesting insufficient separation between internal diagnostic logging and external response construction.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Network-accessible API, unauthenticated; AC:H because specific error-triggering request crafting is required; C:L for metadata-only disclosure with no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (HCL).
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionNVD
HCL iControl was affected by Information Exposure Through Verbose Client-Side API Error Messages vulnerabilities. It involves application displays raw server/API error messages to users instead of generic error messages and exposes internal endpoint names, request parameters, error codes, and authentication status
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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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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