Medium severity · published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-67165
HCL Connections is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HCL Connections is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack where an attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user which leads to executing malicious script code. This may allow the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and comprise user's account then launch other attacks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Connections · HCLSoftware
7.0, 8.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67165
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67165
support.hcl-software.com
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0134059
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