HCL Connections 8.0 insufficient granularity of access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HCL Connections 8.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in insufficient granularity of access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-31961. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HCL Connections 8.0. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient granularity of access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1220. The product implements access controls via a policy or other feature with the intention to disable or restrict accesses (reads and/or writes) to assets in a system from untrusted agents. However, implemented access controls lack required granularity, which renders the control policy too broad because it allows accesses from unauthorized agents to the security-sensitive assets. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HCL Connections contains a broken access control vulnerability that may allow unauthorized user to update data in certain scenarios.

The advisory is shared at support.hcl-software.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-31961 since 04/01/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficient granularity of access control
CWE: CWE-1220 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/01/2025 CVE reserved
08/15/2025 +136 days Advisory disclosed
08/15/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/11/2025 +56 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: KB0123268
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-31961 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-31961
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320277

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2025 06:59
Updated: 10/11/2025 01:13
Changes: 08/15/2025 06:59 (61), 10/11/2025 01:13 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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