CVE-2022-38656

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

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Published Nov 4, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCL Software

HCL Commerce

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.1.8 - 9.1.11`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hcltechsw:hcl_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41229	HCL Commerce, when using Elasticsearch, can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service attack on the site and make administrative changes.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.832% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0101265

History

May 2, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hcltechsw Hcl Commerce

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 2, 2025, 6:35 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HCL
Published: Nov 4, 2022, 8:58 PM
Updated: May 2, 2025, 6:35 PM
Reserved: Aug 22, 2022, 4:31 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 12, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

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