CVE-2025-62300 in IntelliOps Event Management
Summary
by MITRE • 08/20/2026
HCL IntelliOps Event Management (IEM) is affected by a race condition. A "timing window" can occur where an attacker can modify the resource causing unpredictable behavior.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 08/20/2026
The vulnerability identified in HCL IntelliOps Event Management involves a critical race condition within its core processing logic, specifically manifesting as a timing window that allows for unauthorized modification of system resources. This type of flaw is fundamentally rooted in improper synchronization mechanisms where multiple threads or processes access shared data concurrently without adequate locking or atomic operations. In the context of event management systems, which are designed to ingest, process, and correlate high volumes of security events from diverse sources, such a race condition can occur when an attacker exploits the gap between checking a resource's state and modifying that same resource. This classic Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use scenario enables an adversary to bypass intended access controls or alter critical configuration data before the system finalizes its validation processes.
From a technical perspective, this vulnerability aligns with CWE-362, which classifies race conditions involving concurrent execution and unexpected thread interactions. The operational impact of such a flaw is severe because it undermines the integrity and reliability of the event management platform. An attacker who successfully exploits this timing window could potentially manipulate how events are processed, leading to unpredictable behavior within the application. This might include causing denial-of-service conditions by crashing critical services through malformed state transitions, or more critically, bypassing security controls to inject false alerts, suppress genuine threat indicators, or escalate privileges within the management console. The unpredictability introduced by this race condition makes it difficult for automated monitoring tools to detect the exploitation in real-time, as the system may appear normal until a specific sequence of events triggers the flawed logic path.
This vulnerability also maps to MITRE ATT&CK technique T1059, which covers command and script interpretation, particularly if the race condition allows an attacker to inject malicious commands during resource modification phases. Furthermore, it relates to CWE-841, Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow, as the system fails to enforce a strict sequence of operations required for secure state changes. The ability to modify resources unpredictably suggests that input validation and access control checks are not sufficiently hardened against concurrent manipulation attempts, which is a common oversight in complex enterprise software architectures handling high-throughput data streams.
Mitigation strategies must focus on strengthening the synchronization primitives used within the application's event processing engine. Developers should implement robust locking mechanisms to ensure atomicity of operations that involve reading and writing shared resources. Additionally, adopting defensive programming practices such as validating inputs at multiple stages rather than relying solely on initial checks can help close these timing windows. For immediate risk reduction, administrators should apply any available vendor patches that address this synchronization issue. In the absence of a patch, network-level controls such as rate limiting and strict access control lists can reduce the likelihood of an attacker successfully executing rapid concurrent requests to exploit the race condition. Continuous monitoring for anomalous patterns in event ingestion rates may also serve as an early warning indicator for exploitation attempts targeting this specific vulnerability.