Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-21837

HighRCEUpdated

Published: 05 June 2026

Published
05 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0092 55.9th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-21837 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Hcltech Digital Experience. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 44.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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system takeover and data compromise.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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Why these techniques?

OS command injection (CWE-78) in public-facing API directly enables T1190 exploitation leading to arbitrary command execution under T1059.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

hcltech
digital experience
9.5
hcltech
digital experience compose
9.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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