CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LCVE-2026-66981
Medium (6.5).
HCL AION is affected by a vulnerability where the application trusted the value of the HTTP Host header supplied in requests without validation. An attacker could manipulate this header to influence links, redirects or responses generated by the application, potentially resulting in unintended behavior or security impact under certain conditions.
Severity
- CWE
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)
- OWASP Top 10
- A05:2025 Injection
- Published
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Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| HCL Software HCL AION | V 2.7.0 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits. More on the page of CWE-74 (37).