Description
HCL Hive is affected by an information exposure vulnerability where Swagger documentation was found exposed publicly.  Although no sensitive information (e.g., credentials, PII) was discovered, exposing API documentation to unauthenticated users can increase the overall attack surface.
Published: 2026-08-24
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Information Disclosure
Action: Assess Impact
AI Analysis

Impact

HCL Hive exposes its Swagger API documentation publicly, providing unauthenticated users with full access to API endpoint definitions. The disclosed documentation does not contain credentials or personally identifiable information, yet exposing such internal API details increases the attack surface by enabling reconnaissance and facilitating the planning of further attacks. The weakness is classified as CWE‑215 (Information Exposure).

Affected Systems

The vulnerability applies to HCL Software’s HCL Hive platform. No specific affected versions are listed in the advisory; users should consult the vendor’s support documentation for the precise affected releases.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.3 classifies the issue as low severity. The EPSS score is not available, and the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA’s KEV catalog, indicating a relatively low exploitation probability. Exploitation requires no special privileges; an attacker simply accesses the publicly reachable Swagger endpoint to gather API metadata. While the immediate risk is limited to information disclosure and heightened reconnaissance capabilities, the additional exposure could aid attackers in crafting subsequent attacks against other components of HCL Hive.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 24, 2026 at 13:20 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Configure the HCL Hive deployment to require authentication before serving the Swagger UI or eliminate the public Swagger endpoint entirely.
  • Update HCL Hive to the latest version provided by HCL Software, which includes the fix for CVE‑2026‑21759 as noted in vendor release notes.
  • If the Swagger documentation is not needed, disable the feature or restrict access to trusted IP ranges through network or application firewall rules.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 24, 2026 at 13:20 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hcltech
Hcltech hive
Vendors & Products Hcltech
Hcltech hive

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description HCL Hive is affected by an information exposure vulnerability where Swagger documentation was found exposed publicly.  Although no sensitive information (e.g., credentials, PII) was discovered, exposing API documentation to unauthenticated users can increase the overall attack surface.
Title HCL Hive is affected by an information exposure vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-215
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T12:51:05.716Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-21759

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T12:47:16.528Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-24T13:17:32.703

Modified: 2026-08-28T15:46:19.387

Link: CVE-2026-21759

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T21:11:01Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-215

    Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code