Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-66246 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-66246 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-66246?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 1 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- HCL iControl.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-66246?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-66246 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-66246?
- Check whether you run HCL iControl. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a broken access control flaw (IDOR/missing authentication checks) in iControl that permits privilege escalation and unauthorized data modification. The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without requiring prior authentication. An attacker can bypass access controls to access, modify, or delete sensitive data and perform unauthorized operations.
Affected products
- HCL iControl
Timeline
- 2026-10-01: disclosed