Description
HCL AION is affected by a vulnerability where indirect prompt injection can lead to HTML injection in rendered output. Injected markup may be displayed to users, potentially resulting in unintended behavior or security impact under certain conditions.
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is an indirect prompt injection flaw that permits attackers to insert arbitrary HTML markup into the rendered output of HCL AION. When the injected markup is displayed to users, it may lead to unintended behavior such as UI manipulation or potential compromise of sensitive information. The weakness is a form of content injection represented by CWE‑1427.

Affected Systems

The flaw affects the HCL Software AION platform. No specific product versions are identified in the advisory, so all deployments of AION should be reviewed for the presence of the fix.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates moderate severity. No EPSS score is available and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Attackers would need to supply a prompt containing malicious HTML; the exact attack vector is not detailed, so the risk is considered moderate. The lack of publicly known exploits suggests the threat remains primarily theoretical at this time.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 13, 2026 at 16:39 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update to the latest AION release that includes the fix as documented in HCL’s support article.
  • Sanitize or validate all user‑supplied prompt inputs to eliminate the possibility of injected HTML markup.
  • Conduct security testing to confirm that rendered output no longer contains injected HTML after remediation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 13, 2026 at 16:39 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description HCL AION is affected by a vulnerability where indirect prompt injection can lead to HTML injection in rendered output. Injected markup may be displayed to users, potentially resulting in unintended behavior or security impact under certain conditions.
Title HCL AION is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.
Weaknesses CWE-1427
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T15:51:19.817Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T16:08:25.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-21832

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T15:51:13.005Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-13T14:16:55.723

Modified: 2026-08-28T16:08:09.497

Link: CVE-2026-21832

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T09:32:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1427

    Improper Neutralization of Input Used for LLM Prompting