Description

HCL Hive is affected by incorrect default permissions which could allow an attacker unauthorized lateral movement, container breakout, and interception of sensitive internal communications.

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{
  "score": "7.5",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-24T16:16:54.693Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-24T16:16:54.693Z",
  "executiveSummary": "HCL Hive contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability that exposes the system to severe security risks. The flaw specifically impacts HCL Hive, allowing malicious actors to compromise the integrity and confidentiality of the deployment. Due to improperly configured default access controls, an unauthorized attacker can leverage this misconfiguration to execute advanced compromise scenarios. The primary impact of this vulnerability includes unauthorized lateral movement across the network topology, successful container breakout conditions leading to host-level exposure, and the interception of sensitive internal communications traversing the environment. The risk implications are critical, as successful exploitation enables threat actors to pivot within the infrastructure, escalate privileges beyond the container boundary, and capture confidential data in transit. Attacker capabilities rely on exploiting these overly permissive default settings to interact with restricted system components without prior authentication or with minimal initial access. No specific complex exploitation requirements are mentioned beyond the presence of the default insecure permission state within the affected product architecture.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability stems from the implementation of incorrect default permissions within HCL Hive, establishing an insecure baseline state for the application and its underlying containerized components. The root cause is rooted in overly permissive access control lists, file system permissions, or inter-service communication policies established during the initial deployment or packaging of the product. These weak defaults fail to properly isolate processes and resources, violating the principle of least privilege. The vulnerable component involves the permission schema governing container boundaries, internal network listeners, and shared resources within HCL Hive. Exploitation occurs when an adversary leverages these inadequate access controls to interact with system resources, daemons, or communication channels that should otherwise be restricted. Because default permissions are improperly configured, an attacker with initial low-privileged access or internal network positioning can manipulate unsecured files, sockets, or APIs. The attack flow initiates with the identification of the overly permissive configurations. Following discovery, the attacker exploits the weak permissions to perform unauthorized lateral movement, traversing trust boundaries between internal services or networked nodes. Furthermore, the incorrect permissions facilitate a container breakout, allowing the malicious payload to escape the isolated container runtime environment and gain access to the underlying host system or adjacent namespaces. Additionally, the lack of strict access controls on internal communication channels enables the interception, sniffing, or tampering of sensitive internal communications passing between Hive components. The post-exploitation impact is extensive, granting the attacker persistent unauthorized access, the ability to harvest internal credentials and operational data, and complete operational compromise of the affected container and host architecture."
}