HCL Commerce, when using Elasticsearch, could be affected by a denial of service vulnerability

published 2022-11-04 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-41229

cvss: 8.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL Commerce, when using Elasticsearch, can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service attack on the site and make administrative changes.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-05-02)

Exploit prediction

0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

HCL Software HCL Commerce

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0101265
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38656
NVD CVE-2022-38656

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