CVE-2026-66247: Vulnerability in HCL Software iControl
iControl is affected by an insecure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) policy vulnerability, which could allow a malicious website to execute cross-origin requests with included credentials, enabling an attacker to access and exfiltrate sensitive data within the context of the victim's active session.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-66247 describes a vulnerability in HCL Software iControl 4.5.0 where an insecure CORS policy allows cross-origin requests with credentials. This misconfiguration could be exploited by a malicious website to access and exfiltrate sensitive data from the victim's session. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-942 (Improper Control of Generation of Code). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low privileges required and no user interaction needed, impacting confidentiality only.
Potential Impact
An attacker controlling a malicious website could exploit the insecure CORS policy to perform cross-origin requests with credentials included, potentially accessing sensitive data from the victim's active session in iControl 4.5.0. The impact is limited to confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
No patch or official fix information is provided. Since the product is not a cloud service, remediation depends on vendor updates or configuration changes. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for patch availability and consider restricting CORS policies to trusted origins as a temporary mitigation. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
CVE-2026-66247: Vulnerability in HCL Software iControl
Description
iControl is affected by an insecure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) policy vulnerability, which could allow a malicious website to execute cross-origin requests with included credentials, enabling an attacker to access and exfiltrate sensitive data within the context of the victim's active session.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
HCL Software
iControl
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-66247 describes a vulnerability in HCL Software iControl 4.5.0 where an insecure CORS policy allows cross-origin requests with credentials. This misconfiguration could be exploited by a malicious website to access and exfiltrate sensitive data from the victim's session. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-942 (Improper Control of Generation of Code). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low privileges required and no user interaction needed, impacting confidentiality only.
Potential Impact
An attacker controlling a malicious website could exploit the insecure CORS policy to perform cross-origin requests with credentials included, potentially accessing sensitive data from the victim's active session in iControl 4.5.0. The impact is limited to confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
No patch or official fix information is provided. Since the product is not a cloud service, remediation depends on vendor updates or configuration changes. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for patch availability and consider restricting CORS policies to trusted origins as a temporary mitigation. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- HCL
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-24T09:23:15.997Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abe7484a43b0b3b89bd1009
Added to database: 10/01/2026, 14:56:04 UTC
Last enriched: 10/01/2026, 15:13:09 UTC
Last updated: 10/01/2026, 22:46:11 UTC
Views: 3
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