High Injection

CVE-2026-21837 — HCL Digital Experience is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability in the Digital Asset Management API

HCL Digital Experience is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability in the Digital Asset Management API. An attacker may execute arbitrary operating system commands, typically inheriting the privileges of the vulnerable application, which could possibly lead to a complete system takeover and data compromise.

Published Jun 5, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: HCL

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.9% (30-day exploitation probability)+9
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.92%

ahead of 59% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

HCL Software

Digital Experience and 1 more

CVSS base

8.8

High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (HCL Software Digital Experience, Hcltech Digital Experience, Hcltech Digital Experience Compose).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
HCL Software	Digital Experience	version 9.5	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Hcltech	Digital Experience	version 9.5-cf209version 9.5-cf214version 9.5-cf210version 9.5-cf211version 9.5-cf212version 9.5-cf213version 9.5version 9.5-cf215 and 47 more version 9.5-cf216version 9.5-cf217version 9.5-cf218version 9.5-cf219version 9.5-cf220version 9.5-cf221version 9.5-cf222version 9.5-cf223version 9.5-cf224version 9.5-cf225version 9.5-cf226version 9.5-cf227version 9.5-cf228version 9.5-cf229version 9.5-cf230version 9.5-cf231version 9.5-cf232version 9.5-cf233version 9.5-cf234version 9.5-cf183version 9.5-cf17version 9.5-cf171version 9.5-cf172version 9.5-cf173version 9.5-cf18version 9.5-cf181version 9.5-cf182version 9.5-cf208version 9.5-cf184version 9.5-cf19version 9.5-cf191version 9.5-cf192version 9.5-cf193version 9.5-cf195version 9.5-cf207version 9.5-cf206version 9.5-cf205version 9.5-cf204version 9.5-cf203version 9.5-cf202version 9.5-cf200version 9.5-cf194version 9.5-cf196version 9.5-cf197version 9.5-cf198version 9.5-cf199version 9.5-cf201	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Hcltech	Digital Experience Compose	version 9.5version 9.5-cf224version 9.5-cf225version 9.5-cf226version 9.5-cf227version 9.5-cf228version 9.5-cf229version 9.5-cf230 and 4 more version 9.5-cf231version 9.5-cf232version 9.5-cf233version 9.5-cf234	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
8.7	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	psirt@hcl.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.7	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	HCL via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
8.8	CVSS 3.1	High	2.8	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-78 · OS Command Injection

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.92%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSapplication logsendpoint telemetry (EDR)

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · hclsoftware/digital experience
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 8.8
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Jun 5, 2026 · HCL

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

support.hcl-software.com/csm
Vendor Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

HCL Software
every CVE for this vendor

Injection
same class

CWE-78
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-21825 HCL Digital Experience Compose is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search center Jun 5, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-21826 HCL Digital Experience and HCL Digital Experience Compose could be susceptible to Host header injection Jun 5, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-62326 HCL Digital Experience is susceptible to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) Feb 20, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-21837 is "HCL Digital Experience is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability in the Digital Asset Management API", rated High. It affects Digital Experience (HCL Software); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 8.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.92% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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