CVE-2026-21836 | HCL DominoIQ is affected by broken access control

The HCL DominoIQ RAG feature is affected by a Broken Access Control vulnerability.  Under certain circumstances, document level access restrictions will be ignored when determining what data to return from an AI query.  This could enable an authenticated attacker to view sensitive data.

Published: 2026-05-20 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Awaiting Analysis，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-21836 is rated Low Risk (32.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-21836

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.03% 0.26% +0.24%
2 2026-05-21 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-21836

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-21836

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-21836

GHSA-2qq9-gw9m-g2rg · Severity: medium — The HCL DominoIQ RAG feature is affected by a Broken Access Control vulnerability.  Under certain...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-21836

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-21836

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