The default login portlet in HCL Digital Experience and Digital Experience Compose insufficiently protects credentials.  Under certain very specific use cases and specific configurations, sensitive information may be written to web server logs.  This only affects applications using the default login portlet.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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References
Link Providers
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0132659 cve-icon
History

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description The default login portlet in HCL Digital Experience and Digital Experience Compose insufficiently protects credentials.  Under certain very specific use cases and specific configurations, sensitive information may be written to web server logs.  This only affects applications using the default login portlet.
Title HCL Digital Experience and Digital Experience Compose insufficiently protects credentials
Weaknesses CWE-522
CWE-532
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T20:11:19.443Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T16:07:58.367Z

Link: CVE-2026-21766

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Updated: 2026-08-05T21:45:04Z